Table 3.

Work and sports participation pre-trauma and post-trauma resumption of study participants by treatment group

	N*	All (N = 390)	N*	Operative (N = 245)	N*	Nonoperative (N = 145)	P value
Work
Paid work (N patients)	390	198 (50.8%)	245	136 (55.5%)	145	62 (42.8%)	0.016
Hours per week	194	36 (27–40)	134	38 (32–40)	60	32 (21–40)	0.016
Exertional level
Light, mainly sedentary	198	88 (44.4%)	136	64 (47 1%)	62	24 (38.7%)	0.304
Medium work		71 (35.9%)		49 (36.0%)		22 (35.5%)
Heavy or very heavy work		39 (19.7%)		23 (16.9%)		16 (25.8%)
Work absence	196	179 (91.3%)	134	123 (91.8%)	62	56 (90.3%)	0.787
Work days missed	196	30 (13–54)	134	26 (12–49)	62	33 (15–59)	0.253
Sports or hobby
Sports or hobby (N patients)	390	384 (98.5%)	245	242 (98.8%)	145	142 (97.9%)	0.675
Hours per week	378	17 (9–31)	240	16 (9–30)	138	19 (9–32)	0.115
Resumption at 12 months	241	340 (99.7%)	215	214 (99.5%)	126	126 (100.0%)	1.000

P-values <0.05 are shown in boldface

Data are presented as N (%) or median (P₂₅–P₇₅)

*N represents the number of patients for whom data were available per follow-up moment.