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Table 2 Personal characteristics associated with being provided with a coordinator

From: Horizontal return to work coordination was more common in RTW programs than the recommended vertical coordination. The Rapid-RTW cohort study

Variable

Category

Total

n (%)

With coordinator

n (%)

Without coordinator

n (%)

p-value

Gender n (%)

Women

360 (72.9)

248 (74.0)

112 (70.4)

0.42

Men

134 (27.1)

87 (26.0)

47 (29.6)

 

Age median (min-max)

 

46 (21–70)

45 (21–66)

47 (21–70)

0.01*

Social status n (%)

Live alone

112 (23.2)

78 (23.9)

34 (21.7)

0.58

Live with others

371 (76.8)

248 (76.1)

123 (78.3)

 

Educational level n (%)

Elementary school (up to 9 years)

49 (10.1)

31 (9.5)

18 (11.4)

<0.01**

Upper secondary school (12 years)

211 (43.4)

149 (45.4)

62 (39.2)

 

University degree (up to 4 years)

153 (31.5)

111 (33.8)

42 (26.6)

 

University degree (> 4 years)

73 (15)

37 (11.3)

36 (22.8)

 

Diagnosis n (%)

MSD

270 (54.8)

198 (59.3)

72 (45.3)

<0.01**

Mental disorders

80 (16.2)

46 (13.8)

34 (21.4)

 

Cancer

43 (8.7)

22 (6.6)

21 (13.2)

 

Other disorders incl. Neuro- and heart diseases

52 (10.5)

40 (12.0)

12 (7.5)

 

Common or unspecific disorders

21 (4.3)

13 (3.9)

8 (5.0)

 

No or missing diagnosis

27 (5.5)

15 (4.5)

12 (7.5)

 

Symptoms

Pain at rest

397 (84.5)

282 (88.1)

115 (76.7)

<0.01**

Pain in activity

414 (88.8)

290 (91.2)

124 (83.8)

0.02*

Depressive mood

373 (78.9)

252 (79.0)

121 (78.6)

0.92

Anxiety

285 (60.1)

193 (59.6)

92 (61.3)

0.72

History of sickness absence

Yes

473 (95.7)

324 (96.7)

149 (93.7)

0.12

Sickness absence before RTW-program N = 433 median days (range)

 

147 (0–935)

159 (0–802)

119 (0–935)

0.04*

Sick-leave baseline n (%)

    

<0.01**

 

Full-time (100%)

326 (66.1)

237 (71.0)

89 (56.0)

 
 

Part-time (20–90%)

105 (21.3)

72 (21.6)

33 (20.8)

 
 

Not on sick-leave

65 (12.6)

25 (7.5)

37 (23.3)

 
  1. Notes: Significance level: * < .05. ** < .01