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. 2011 Nov 14;11:864. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-864

Table 1.

Client characteristics: available background variables and outcome measures for all clients in the analysis* (n = 83755)

Client characteristic Class
Gender
 (background) Man(= 1)(ref) 44.4%
Woman (= 2) 55.6%
Age
 (background) 15-24 years 2.6%
25-34 years 19.3%
35-44 years 36.1%
45-54 years 32.4%
≥ 55 years 9.6%
Mean (sd) median age (years) 42.5 (9.1) 43.0
Statutory regime
 (background) WAO (= 1) (ref) 26.8%
HERBO (= 2) 47.5%
WIA (= 3) 25.7%
Sector of Occupation
 (background) Agriculture/Fishery/Foods (= 1) 4.4%
Construction (= 2) 6.3%
Industry (= 3) 9.1%
Retail/Wholesale (= 4) 9.4%
Transport (= 5) 3.3%
Financial Services(= 6) 6.1%
Employment Agencies (= 7) 5.5%
Health and Care(= 8) 14.1%
Education(= 9) 3.0%
Other Governmental (= 10) 4.8%
Other company/profession (= 11) (ref) 34.2%
Diagnosis
 (background) Cardiovascular (= 1)(ref) 5.1%
Musculoskeletal (= 2) 32.2%
Mental (= 3) 34.3%
Other(= 4) 28.5%
Objectification of Complaints
 (background) Yes (= 0) (ref) 48.1%
No (= 1) 51.9%
No Sustainable Capacities Left Extended
 (outcome measure) No (= 0) (ref) 65.0%
Yes (= 1) 35.0%
Maximum Work Disability Class
 (outcome measure) < 80% (= 0) (ref) 57.2%
80 - 100% (= 1) 42.8%

* Variables of which we present the mean, the standard deviation and the median are continuous and (approximately) normally distributed; the other variables are categorical; ref = reference category.