Table 6
Median days on benefits (and 95%CI) in the test sample for given combinations of key variable from the predictive model
| Workplace offers for RTW | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change in pain grade* | Functional status† | Recovery expectations | Yes | No | % reporting workplace offers |
| *Change in pain grade is divided into three groups here: “improving” indicates at least a 10 point improvement on the 0–100 scale between baseline and 4 weeks, “stable” indicates the magnitude of change was less than 10 points, and “worsening” indicates at least 10 points worse at 4 weeks compared to baseline. | |||||
| †Functional status is divided into two groups at the median of each part of body specific measure. | |||||
| ‡For stable and worsening pain, the data were pooled over the two levels of functional status and recovery expectations due to small cell sizes. | |||||
| Improving | High | Soon | 14 (7 to 25) | 14 (13 to 19) | 37.5% |
| n=57 | n=95 | ||||
| Not soon | 26 (15 to 35) | 29 (23 to 42) | 34.5% | ||
| n=49 | n=93 | ||||
| Low | Soon | 30 (21 to 49) | 49 (27 to 67) | 28.2% | |
| n=11 | n=28 | ||||
| Not soon | 50 (31 to 76) | 93.5 (78 to 131) | 29.3% | ||
| n=39 | n=94 | ||||
| Stable‡ | High/low | Soon/not soon | 47.5 (36 to 68) | 84 (70 to 102) | 25.4% |
| n=88 | n=259 | ||||
| Worsening‡ | High/low | Soon/not soon | 32.5 (16 to 113) | 112.5 (86 to 150) | 19.1% |
| n=18 | n=76 | ||||
