Table 3.
RTW 1 year after MT, in relation to gender, age, type of injury, ISS category, and maximum AIS per body region (MAIS)
| Overall (n = 100)* | Level of return to work | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fully (n = 37) | Partially (n = 31) | No return (n = 32) | p value | ||
| Female | 28 (28%) | 7 (19%) | 12 (39%) | 9 (28%) | 0.194 |
| Age 18–55 | 69 (71%) | 25 (36%) | 22 (32%) | 22 (32%) | 0.912 |
| Education | |||||
| Low | 39 (40%) | 10 (27%) | 13 (42%) | 16 (53%) | 0.107 |
| Middle | 39 (40%) | 16 (43%) | 11 (36%) | 12 (40%) | |
| High | 20 (20%) | 11 (30%) | 7 (23%) | 2 (7%) | |
| Comorbidity | |||||
| None | 62 (62%) | 28 (76%) | 16 (52%) | 18 (56%) | 0.297 |
| 1 | 26 (26%) | 6 (16%) | 10 (32%) | 10 (31%) | |
| > 1 | 12 (12%) | 3 (8%) | 5 (16%) | 4 (13%) | |
| ISS 16–24 | 68 (68%) | 30 (81%) | 22 (71%) | 16 (50%) | 0.020 |
| MAIS | |||||
| Head | |||||
| None | 35 (35%) | 11 (30%) | 12 (39%) | 12 (38%) | 0.815 |
| 1–2 | 18 (18%) | 8 (22%) | 6 (19%) | 4 (13%) | |
| 3 + | 47 (47%) | 18 (49%) | 13 (42%) | 16 (50%) | |
| Face | |||||
| None | 69 (69%) | 26 (70%) | 19 (61%) | 24 (75%) | 0.674 |
| 1–2 | 26 (26%) | 10 (27%) | 9 (29%) | 7 (22%) | |
| 3 + | 5 (5%) | 1 (3%) | 3 (10%) | 1 (3%) | |
| Neck | |||||
| None | 96 (96%) | 36 (97%) | 30 (97%) | 30 (94%) | 0.432 |
| 1–2 | 1 (1%) | – | 1 (3%) | – | |
| 3 + | 3 (3%) | 1 (3%) | – | 2 (6%) | |
| Thorax | |||||
| None | 41 (41%) | 18 (49%) | 10 (32%) | 13 (41%) | 0.338 |
| 1–2 | 15 (15%) | 3 (8%) | 8 (26%) | 4 (13%) | |
| 3 + | 44 (44%) | 16 (43%) | 13 (42%) | 15 (47%) | |
| Abdomen | |||||
| None | 82 (82%) | 30 (81%) | 26 (84%) | 26 (81%) | 0.479 |
| 1–2 | 8 (8%) | 5 (14%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (6%) | |
| 3 + | 10 (10%) | 2 (5%) | 4 (13%) | 4 (13%) | |
| Spine | |||||
| None | 64 (64%) | 23 (62%) | 21 (68%) | 20 (63%) | 0.282 |
| 1–2 | 18 (18%) | 9 (24%) | 2 (7%) | 7 (22% | |
| 3 + | 18 (18%) | 5 (14%) | 8 (26%) | 5 (16%) | |
| Upper extremity | |||||
| None | 58 (58%) | 22 (60%) | 19 (61%) | 17 (53%) | 0.819 |
| 1–2 | 40 (40%) | 15 (41%) | 11 (36%) | 14 (44%) | |
| 3 + | 2 (2%) | – | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) | |
| Lower extremity | |||||
| None | 60 (60%) | 23 (62%) | 18 (58%) | 19 (60%) | 0.881 |
| 1–2 | 20 (20%) | 8 (22%) | 7 (23%) | 5 (16%) | |
| 3 + | 20 (20%) | 6 (16%) | 6 (20%) | 8 (25%) | |
| External | |||||
| None | 87 (87%) | 35 (95%) | 28 (90%) | 24 (75%) | 0.138 |
| 1–2 | 10 (10%) | 2 (5%) | 2 (7%) | 6 (19%) | |
| 3 + | 3 (3%) | – | 1 (3%) | 2 (6%) | |
Data are reported as n (%)
ISS Injury Severity Score, MAIS Maximum Abbreviated Injury Score
*Three responders reported work, but did not state how many hours and were left out of the analysis