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Table 1 Characteristics of participants in the intervention and control groups, n = 271, TIDAS in New Ways

From: Early identification in primary health care of people at risk for sick leave due to work-related stress – study protocol of a randomized controlled trial (RCT)

 

Intervention n = 132

Control n = 139

 

na (%)

na (%)

Gender

Female

88 (67)

97 (70)

Age categories

 19–30 years

21 (16)

26 (19)

 31–50 years

58 (44)

76 (54)

 51–64 years

53 (40)

37 (27)c

Birthplace

 Nordic countries

122 (93)

125 (90)

 Other

9 (7)

14 (10)

Educational level

 Compulsory schooling

13 (10)

15 (11)

 Secondary school

61 (46)

59 (42)

 University or higher

57 (44)

65 (47)

Occupational class

 Skilled/unskilled manual

49 (37)

58 (42)

 Medium/low non-manual

60 (46)

56 (41)

 High-level non-manual

23 (17)

24 (17)

Employer

 Private

61 (46)

68 (49)

 Public

66 (50)

61 (44)

Self-employed

5 (4)

9 (7)

Reason for consultationb

 Mental or behavioral

75 (57)

69 (50)

 Musculoskeletal

62 (47)

44 (32)c

 Gastrointestinal

26 (20)

28 (20)

 Cardiovascular

16 (12)

16 (16)

 Other

29 (22)

27 (19)

  1. aDispersed numbers of participants are owing to internal
  2. missing data
  3. bMultiple responses were optional
  4. cStatistically significant differences (tested with the 95% CI for difference in proportion)
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