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Table 3 Work status at 24 and at 60 months by treatment group. N denotes number of patients and % percentage within group

From: Return to work after subacromial decompression, diagnostic arthroscopy, or exercise therapy for shoulder impingement: a randomised, placebo-surgery controlled FIMPACT clinical trial with five-year follow-up

Treatment group

ASD

DA

ET

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

Work status at 24 months

At work

47

82%

47

80%

53

78%

Sickness absence

6

11%

8

14%

9

13%

Unemployed/student

1

2%

1

2%

0

0%

Retired

3

5%

2

3%

5

7%

Death/Withdrawn/Loss-to-F-up

0

0%

1

2%

1

1%

TOTAL

57

100%

59

100%

68

100%

Work status at 60 months

At work

38

67%

41

69%

45

66%

Sickness absence

11

19%

8

14%

7

10%

Unemployed/student

0

0%

1

2%

1

1%

Retired

4

7%

5

8%

9

13%

Death/Withdrawn/Loss-to-F-up

4

7%

4

7%

6

9%

TOTAL

57

100%

59

100%

68

100%