Table 1.
Age, occupational status, smoking, psychosocial variables, fear-avoidance and time for return to work
| All | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Number of participants | 509 | 100 | 398 | 78.2 | 111 | 21.8 |
| White-collar, N (%) | 175 | 42.2 | 140 | 43.9 | 35 | 36.5 |
| Pink-collar, N (%) | 84 | 20.2 | 38 | 11.9 | 46 | 47.9 |
| Blue-collar, N (%) | 156 | 37.6 | 141 | 44.2 | 15 | 15.6 |
| Non-smoker | 174 | 34.4 | 148 | 37.3 | 26 | 23.9 |
| Ex-smoker, N (%) | 166 | 32.8 | 136 | 34.3 | 30 | 27.5 |
| Current smoker, N (%) | 166 | 32.8 | 113 | 28.5 | 53 | 48.6 |
| High strain, N (%) | 163 | 32.0 | 108 | 27.1 | 55 | 49.6 |
| Active, N (%) | 59 | 11.6 | 51 | 12.8 | 8 | 7.2 |
| Passive, N (%) | 141 | 27.7 | 110 | 27.6 | 31 | 27.9 |
| Low strain, N (%) | 146 | 28.7 | 129 | 32.4 | 17 | 15.3 |
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age | 55.9 | 5.9 | 56.0 | 5.8 | 55.4 | 6.3 |
| ERI-ratio | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Fear-avoidance beliefs | 2.3 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 1.2 |
| Time for RTW (in weeks) | 7.1 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 5.2 |