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Table 4 Interventions prescribed during the sick leave in sickness certificates issued in 2007 and 2009

From: Sickness certificates in Sweden: did the new guidelines improve their quality?

Intervention

2007N= 475

2009N= 501

P-value

 

%

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

  1. Sum of sub grouped interventions may not be equal to medicine/advice or rehabilitation since some certificates provided information on more than one intervention (for example both counseling and physiotherapy). Early in the sick leave means that information is collected from the first certificates or from certificates issued within 28 days of sick leave. ª Fisher’s exact test, 2-sided. RTW, return to work.