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Table 2 Odds ratios for s-WPS. Results from univariable analyses

From: Prediction of 2-year work participation in sickness absentees with neck or shoulder pain: the contribution of demographic, patient-reported, clinical and imaging information

Demographic information

N

Odds ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Male sex

168

1.69 (0.85; 3.34)a

0.13

Age (years)

168

0.99 (0.97; 1.03)

0.85

Patient-reported information

 Pain intensity (numeric rating scale)

161

0.98 (0.95, 1.01)

0.21

 Whiplash trauma (yes vs. no)

168

0.77 (0.32; 1.85)

0.56

 Sick leave duration (months)

168

0.68 (0.54; 0.87)a

0.002

 ÖMPSQ score (numerical variable)

161

0.97 (0.95; 0.98)a

<  0.001

 Education ≥3 years (yes vs. no)

155

0.93 (0.41; 2.12)

0.87

 Ongoing worker’s compensation claim (yes vs. no)

139

0.45 (0.21; 0.97)a

0.04

Clinical information

 Radiculopathy (yes vs. no)

168

4.29 (1.77; 10.4)a

0.001

  ≥ 11 tender points (yes vs. no)

168

0.58 (0.31; 1.12)a

0.10

 Multidisciplinary intervention

168

1.04 (0.56; 1.93)

0.90

MRI information

 Kyphosis (yes vs. no)

97

3.06 (1.03; 9.11)a

0.05

 Disc height reduction (yes vs. no)

97

1.40 (0.56; 3.46)

0.47

 Disc contour change (bulge, protrusion or extrusion) (yes vs. no)

83

1.32 (0.41; 4.24)

0.64

 Spinal canal stenosis (yes vs. no)

97

0.31 (0.09; 1.02)a

0.06

 Neural foraminal stenosis (yes vs. no)

84

1.13 (0.47; 2.71)

0.78

 Zygapophyseal osteoarthritis (yes vs. no)

83

0.81 (0.34; 1.96)

0.65

 Uncovertebral osteoarthritis (yes vs. no)

78

1.44 (0.58; 3.60)

0.43

  1. s-WPS successful work participation score, a: Variables carried forward in the multivariable analyses, ÖMPSQ Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire, MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging