Table 6.

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

	From VR	To VR	On VR
	HRR (CI 95 %)	HRR (CI 95 %)	HRR (CI 95 %)
Age	0.84 (0.81–0.91)**	0.84 (0.81–0.91)**	0.76 (0.70–0.83)**
Gender
Men	1	1	1
Female	1.05 (0.80–1.41)	1.13 (0.83–1.55)	1.09 (0.77–1.54)
Diagnoses
Musculoskeletal	1	1	1
Mental	1.10 (0.81–1.43)	0.97 (0.71–1.33)	0.95 (0.67–1.36)
Other	0.72 (0.41–1.40)	0.70 (0.35–1.32)	0.84 (0.43–1.66)
Occupation
Blue-collar	1	1	1
White-collar	0.45 (0.30–0.71)**	0.43 (0.29–0.64)**	0.58 (0.35–0.94)*
Health and social workers	0.60 (0.41–0.85)*	0.50 (0.31–0.71)**	0.77 (0.48–1.22)
Education and child care	0.53 (0.34–0.84)*	0.51 (0.29–0.74)**	0.63 (0.36–1.10)
Service sector	0.70 (0.45–1.01)*	0.67 (0.44–1.03)	0.82 (0.51–1.34)
Sick leave length
0–4 months	1	1	1
5–8 months	2.31 (1.43–3.73)**	2.33 (1.51–3.62)**	2.21 (1.24–3.96)*
9–12 months	1.98 (1.21–3.24)*	2.06 (1.31–3.31)**	2.20 (1.19–4.06)*
>12 months	2.61 (1.60–4.30)**	1.75 (1.07–2.91)*	3.27 (1.79–6.00)**

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