From: Sickness certificates in Sweden: did the new guidelines improve their quality?
Intervention | 2007N= 475 | 2009N= 501 | P-value | ||
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% | n | % | n | ||
Early in the sick leave | |||||
Medicine/advice | 56 | 264 | 58 | 290 | 0.467 |
Medicine | 43 | 205 | 43 | 215 | 0.939 |
Advice on rest | 10 | 49 | 13 | 67 | 0.140 |
Advice on activity | 3 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 0.022 |
Rehabilitation | 27 | 130 | 35 | 174 | 0.013 |
Physiotherapy | 19 | 92 | 19 | 97 | 0.998 |
Counselling | 8 | 38 | 15 | 74 | 0.001 |
Occupational therapy | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.00ª |
In the total sick leave | |||||
Medicine/advice | 62 | 296 | 62 | 310 | 0.888 |
Medicine | 50 | 235 | 46 | 232 | 0.322 |
Advice on rest | 11 | 53 | 15 | 73 | 0.112 |
Advice on activity | 6 | 26 | 7 | 35 | 0.329 |
Rehabilitation | 35 | 167 | 39 | 193 | 0.276 |
Physiotherapy | 24 | 112 | 23 | 113 | 0.704 |
Counselling | 12 | 59 | 16 | 78 | 0.157 |
Occupational therapy | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0.555 |
RTW measures needed | |||||
Yes | 13 | 61 | 8 | 41 | 0.017 |