Table 3.
Summary return to work times according to reported occupational characteristics.
| Subgroup | Studies | Observations A | Return to work time reported as median (days) |
Studies | Observations A | Return to work time reported as mean (days) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | Range | Median | Range | |||||
| Work duties | ||||||||
| Modified duties | 1 | 1 | 13 | - | 4 | 6 | 20.5 | 12-50 |
| Full duties | 1 | 1 | 63 | - | 4 | 5 | 27 | 17-82 |
| Work type | ||||||||
| Non-manual | 1 | 1 | 21 | - | 6 | 11 | 21 | 7-49 |
| Manual | 1 | 1 | 36 | - | 6 | 14 | 39 | 18-101 |
| (Subgroup: heavy manual) | 1 | 1 | 36 | - | 3 | 4 | 46.5 | 22-101 |
| Employer | ||||||||
| Employed | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 36 | 33-57 |
| Self-employed | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 21 | 19-23 |
| Working pattern | ||||||||
| Part-time | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 24.5 | 15-34 |
| Full-time | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10-14 |
| Workers’ compensation status | ||||||||
| Workers’ compensation | 4 | 6 | 56.5 | 27-114 | 16 | 29 | 56 | 23-160 |
| No workers’ compensation | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15-45.5 | 12 | 20 | 18.5 | 3-57 |
| Other health insurance B | 4 | 11 | 35 | 7-51 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 17-84 |
A
Number of study arms/subgroups. For each summary calculation, the number of studies and observations (study arms) are reported. Summary data was not weighted for sample size.