Back to work: evaluation of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program with emphasis on mental symptoms; A two-year follow up

Figures & data

Table 1 Distribution according to gender (n), age (median and percentiles 25–75), civil status, profession, and diagnosis (n) in participants with full-time sickness benefit (group 1) and with part-time or no sickness benefit (group 2) at the end of the follow-up period

	Group 1 (n = 10)	Group 2 (n = 50)
Gender
Women	7	33
Men	3	17
Age	48.5 (40.5–51)	48 (42–53)
Civil status
Married	6	26
Cohabiting partner	1	16
Noncohabiting partner	0	2
Single	3	6
Profession
Blue-collar workers*	7	33
White-collar workers**	3	17
Diagnoses
Neck/chest pain	5	22
Low-back pain	3	16
Other (general pain, hip pain, shoulder pain)	2	12

Notes:

* Blue-collar workers, refers to workers with no supervisory position in industry, forestry, commerce, home health care, and medical care;

** white-collar workers refers to employee or equivalent, eg, manager, supervisor or secretary; nurses, teachers, and nursery school teachers, who in the capacity of their profession, tutor other employees, students, patients, and spouses.

Figure 1 Development of the anxiety (HAD) score (y axis) in participants with a full-time sickness benefit (group 1, thick line, filled squares) and with part-time or no sickness benefit (group 2, hatched line, filled squares, P < 0.0005, Friedman’s one-way analysis of variance) before and after the rehabilitation program and 6, 12, and 24 months after completion (x axis).

Abbreviation: HAD, Hospital Anxiety and Depression.

Figure 2 Development of the depression (HAD) score (y axis) in participants with a full-time sickness benefit (group 1, thick line, filled squares) and with a part-time or no sickness benefit (group 2, hatched line, filled squares, P < 0.01, Friedman’s one-way analysis of variance) before and after the rehabilitation program and 6, 12, and 24 months after completion (x axis).

Abbreviation: HAD, Hospital Anxiety and Depression.

Table 2 Anxiety, depression, and stress scores (medians and percentiles 25–75) in individuals with a full-time sickness benefit (group 1) and with part-time or no sickness benefit (group 2) before rehabilitation and at 2-year follow-up

Measurement instruments	Group	Score before rehabilitation medians (percentiles) group 1 (n = 10) group 2 (n = 50)	Score at 2-year follow-up medians (percentiles) group 1 n = 10 group 2 n = 49
Anxiety (HAD)	1	5 (3–9)	5 (1–8) NS
	2	6 (3–7)	3 (1–6)**
Depression (HAD)	1	6 (2–8)	6 (1–8) NS
	2	4 (3–6)	3 (1–6)*
Stress (stress test)	1	19 (10–27)	15 (6–22) NS
	2	19 (14–22)	12 (9–17)**

Notes:

** P < 0.0005;

* P < 0.01.

Abbreviations: HAD, Hospital Anxiety and Depression; NS, not statistically significant.

Figure 3 Development of the stress test score (y axis) in participants with full-time sickness benefit (group 1, thick line, filled squares) and with part-time or no sickness benefit (group 2, hatched line, filled squares, P < 0.0005, Friedman’s one-way analysis of variance) before and after rehabilitation program and at months 6, 12, and 24 after completion (x axis).