Hagen 2003.
| Methods | RCT | |
| Participants | N=457; Mean age (yrs): 40.9; Gender (female): 48%; Diagnosis: Workers with LBP (sciatica included) and sick‐listed for 8 to 12 weeks Setting: Spine Clinic and Primary Care | |
| Interventions | (E) Oral educational session and examination in Spine Clinic (±2 hrs) (N=237); (C) Primary health care: at least one visit with GP (N=220). | |
| Outcomes | Return to work
% Patients returned to full‐duty work at 12## , 24 and 36 mo: (E) 68.8%, 61.2%, 63.8%; (C) 57.3%, 66.1%, 61.8% ## (E) significantly more effective than (C) (p < 0.05) |
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| Notes | ||
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Adequate sequence generation? | Low risk | |
| Allocation concealment? | Low risk | A ‐ Adequate |
| Blinding? All outcomes ‐ patients? | High risk | |
| Blinding? All outcomes ‐ providers? | High risk | |
| Blinding? All outcomes ‐ outcome assessors? | Low risk | |
| Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes ‐ drop‐outs during intervention? | Low risk | |
| Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes ‐ drop‐outs during follow‐up? | Low risk | |
| Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes ‐ ITT analysis? | Low risk | |
| Similarity at baseline characteristics? | Low risk | |
| Co‐interventions avoided or similar? | Low risk | |
| Compliance acceptable? | Low risk | |