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Table 4 Program characteristics and provision of a coordinator (employees, n and %)

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

Variable

 

Total

With coordinator

n (%)

Without coordinator

n (%)

p-value

Type of intervention n (%)

    

<0.01*

Occupational rehabilitation

275 (56.7)

221 (67.0)

54 (34.8)

 

Medical or psychological treatment, including assessment, and surgery

172 (35.6)

77 (23.3)

95 (61.3)

 

Follow-up and Work clarification programs through NAV

38 (7.8)

32 (9.7)

6 (3.9)

 

Professionals involved n (%)

Medical doctor

301 (85.0)

216 (88.5)

85 (77.3)

<0.01*

Physical therapist

299 (83.3)

226 (90.8)

73 (66.4)

<0.01*

Nurse

177 (56.9)

128 (58.4)

49 (53.3)

0.40

Nutritionist

171 (54.1)

132 (58.9)

39 (42.4)

<0.01*

Others

164 (50.6)

121 (52.8)

43 (45.3)

0.21

Psychologist

141 (42.5)

91 (39.2)

50 (50.0)

0.07

Vocational consultant

139 (42.4)

109 (47.6)

30 (30.3)

<0.01*

Social worker

127 (39.0)

91 (40.1)

36 (36.4)

0.53

Occupational therapist

91 (28.5)

72 (31.7)

19 (20.7)

0.05*

Pedagogue

88 (31.4)

77 (37.7)

11 (14.5)

<0.01*

Work instructor

42 (13.2)

30 (13.5)

12 (12.5)

0.84

Provision of a coordinator from other services n (%)

Social Insurance (NAV)^

24 (7.1)

20 (8.5)

4 (3.9)

 

Workplace^

3 (0.9)

3 (1.3)

0 (.0)

 

Occupational Health Services ^

3 (0.9)

3 (1.3)

0 (.0)

 

Others^

3 (0.9)

3 (1.3)

0 (.0)

 

General Practitioner^

2 (0.6)

2 (0.9)

0 (.0)

 

Specialized health care^

1 (0.3)

0 (.0)

1 (1.0)

 

Community based health care^

0 (.0)

0 (.0)

0 (.0)

 

Contact with other instances n (%)

General Practitioner

191 (90.5)

149 (92.0)

42 (85.7)

0.19

Social Insurance consultant (NAV)

116 (81.7)

96 (84.2)

20 (71.4)

0.12

Leader/supervisor

76 (71.0)

63 (75.9)

13 (54.2)

0.04*

Specialized health care^

19 (33.9)

15 (36.6)

4 (26.7)

 

Others^

14 (26.9)

10 (27.0)

4 (26.7)

 

Occupational Health Services ^

8 (16.7)

7 (19.4)

1 (8.3)

 

Family^

8 (17.0)

4 (12.1)

4 (28.6)

 

Community based health care^

7 (14.9)

2 (6.5)

5 (31.3)

 

Work-life center (NAV arbeidslivssenter) ^

6 (13.6)

3 (9.7)

3 (23.1)

 

Adaptions n (%)

No adaptations were performed

234 (84.5)

149 (78.4)

85 (97.7)

<0.01*

Work time^

49 (48.5)

48 (58.5)

1 (5.3)

 

Work tasks^

30 (33.0)

27 (38.6)

3 (14.3)

 

Leisure activities^

23 (28.0)

19 (30.6)

4 (20.0)

 

Physical work environment^

17 (20.2)

16 (24.6)

1 (5.3)

 

Psychosocial work environment^

6 (7.6)

6 (9.8)

0 (0.0)

 

Home^

4 (5.1)

3 (5.0)

1 (5.3)

 
  1. Notes: All variables except type of RTW-program does not sum to 100% in total and each group with/without a coordinator since employees may have been provided with several or none. ^No statistical tests performed due to insufficient n of individuals. *Statistical significance set at level =/< 0.05