Early multidisciplinary assessment was associated with longer periods of sick leave: A randomized controlled trial in a primary health care centre

Figures & data

Figure 1. Flow chart of eligible patients invited to participate in the study and randomized participants.

Table I. Comparison of age, sex, and diagnosis on sick note between all invited patients and those who participated in the study.

	n	Age	Women%	Pain	Psych.	Pain+ Psych.
Invited to participate	58	46	72	*	*	*
Declined participation	22	46	82	*	*	*
Randomized	36	46	67	27	6	3
Control group	15	48	67	11	3	1
Intervention (intention to treat)	18	44	61	13	3	2
Intervention (completed)	16	45	62	11	3	2

Table II. Sick-leave measures at three and 12 months for intervention and control groups.

	Intervention (n = 18)	Control (n = 15)
Still on sick leave after three months	7/18	3/15	p = 0.283
Total number of gross sick leave days in the first three months
Mean (SD)	58 (32)	36 (33)	p = 0.038
Median	65	21
IQR	69	51
Range	81	87
Total number of net sick leave days in the first three months
Mean (SD)	48 (32)	32 (29)	p = 0.070
Median	42	21
IQR	73	39
Range	84	87
Number of individuals who were on partial sick leave 0–3 months	10/18	2/15	p = 0.027
Still on sick leave after 12 months	4/18	1/15	p = 0.346
Total number of gross sick leave days 3–12 months, mean (SD)	91 (123)	58 (95)	p = 0.727
Total number of net sick leave days 3–12 months, mean (SD)	77 (109)	37 (62)	p = 0.580

Notes: (SD = standard deviation, IQR = Interquartile range).