Table 3.

The intensity of transitions from and to partial sick leave (PSL); Cox proportional hazards regression of relative risk (HRR), and the probability for being on PSL (HRR) during a 4-year follow-up after work-related rehabilitation, (n = 584)

	From PSL	To PSL	On PSL
	HRR (CI 95 %)	HRR (CI 95 %)	HRR (CI 95 %)
Age	1.12 (1.04–1.21)*	1.12 (1.03–1.21)*	1.09 (1.01–1.18)*
Gender
Men	1	1	1
Female	1.08 (0.8–1.50)	1.35 (0.92–1.96)	1.06 (0.74–1.51)
Diagnoses
Musculoskeletal	1	1	1
Mental	0.93 (0.71–1.23)	0.96 (0.71–1.34)	0.91 (0.66–1.24)
Other	0.72 (0.61–1.42)	0.81 (0.40–1.60)	0.55 (0.24–1.29)
Occupation
Blue-collar	1	1	1
White-collar	1.22 (0.82–1.83)	1.05 (0.64–1.70)	1.54 (0.97–2.44)
Health and social workers	1.30 (0.85–1.96)	1.23 (0.80–1.96)	1.56 (0.94–2.59)
Education and child care	1.42 (0.91–2.24)	1.23 (0.73–2.11)	1.63 (0.98–2.72)
Service sector	1.24 (0.74–2.06)	1.21 (0.71–2.12)	1.02 (0.57–1.85)
Sick leave length
0–4 months	1	1	1
5–8 months	0.61 (0.41–0.84)*	0.52 (0.34–0.80)*	0.79 (0.55–1.16)
9–12 months	0.63 (0.46–0.90)*	0.65 (0.45–0.95)*	1.08 (0.75–1.57)
>12 months	0.55 (0.41–0.82)*	0.41 (0.25–0.70)**	1.28 (0.84–1.94)

Fully adjusted analysis for age, gender, diagnoses, occupation, and sick leave length before work-related rehabilitation.* p < .05, ** p < .005

Bold values are statistical significant