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Table 4 Employment status, return to work and return to usual activities

From: Changing insurance company claims handling processes improves some outcomes for people injured in road traffic crashes

 

Total (n = 186)

N (%)

Control group

(n = 63)

n (%)

Intervention group

(n = 123)

n (%)

Statistic test*

p-value

Employed pre-injury

130 (70)

42 (67)

88 (72)

0.61

   • Full duties

123 (95)

38 (91)

85 (97)

0.32

   • Modified duties

7 (5)

4 (9)

3 (3)

 

Employed 1 month post-injury

106 (57)

34 (54)

72 (59)

0.64

   • Full duties

64 (60)

17 (50)

47 (65)

0.14

   • Modified duties

42 (40)

17(50)

25 (35)

 

Returned to usual activities at 1 month post-injury

59 (32)

23 (37)

36 (29)

0.32

Employed 7 months post-injury

126 (68)

39 (62)

87 (71)

0.45

   • Full duties

100 (79)

27 (69)

73 (84)

0.09

   • Modified duties

26 (21)

12 (31)

14 (16)

 

Returned to usual activities at 7 months post-injury

137 (74)

38 (60)

99 (81)

0.01

  1. *X 2 or F-test