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. 2022 Aug 5;22:1498. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13884-5

Table 4.

Presence of any multivariable-adjusted association between potential explanatory factors and return-to-work following road traffic injury

Explanatory factors Type 3 global p-value
Any RTW Full duties RTW Full duties RTW:
Interaction with time point*
Sociodemographic
 Sex - - 0.020
 Education - 0.030 0.003
 Language - 0.013 -
 Occupation -  < 0.001  < 0.001
 Income 0.001 - 0.03
Pre-injury health
 Number of comorbidities 0.003 - -
Injury factors
 Crash type 0.007 0.026  < 0.001
 Admission to hospital 0.015  < 0.001  < 0.001
 Hospital length of stay 0.009  < 0.001  < 0.001
 ISS 0.02  < 0.001  < 0.001
 Perceived danger (death) - - 0.015
 Insurance claim 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
Post-injury psychological/physical health status
 Pain severity 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
 PCS 0.008 0.019 0.002
 DASS-21  < 0.001 0.007 0.002
 IES-R - - 0.024
 OMPSQ-SF 0.002  < 0.001  < 0.001

*Overall p-value for the presence of effect modification between effects of the explanatory factor and time post-injury. PCS Pain Catastrophizing Scale, DASS-21 Depression and Anxiety Stress Scales, IES-R Impact of Events Scale Revised, OMPSQ-SF Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire Short Form