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Table 5 Proportions of those who, following contact with staff of the social insurance office, reported that they were impeded from returning to work (with a 95% confidence interval)

From: Does feeling respected influence return to work? Cross-sectional study on sick-listed patients’ experiences of encounters with social insurance office staff

 

Experiences of encounters with social insurance office staff

Experiences of encounters with healthcare staff

(n = social insurance office staff/healthcare staff)

Return to work impeded

Return to work impeded

Mental diagnosis

  

Negative encounters (n = 149/290)

36.1% (27.5-44.7)

38.5% (29.1-47.9)

Also feeling wronged (n = 93/268)

62.4% (54.6-70.2)

59.2% (53.8-64.6)

Chronic pain conditions

  

Negative encounters (n = 114/332)

26.3% (18.2-34.4)

26.8% (19.5-34.1)

Also feeling wronged (n = 70/293)

39.1% (32–46.2)

43.7% (38.1-49.3)

Somatic diagnosis

  

Negative encounters (n = 61/189)

23% (13.4-32.6)

27.9% (18.4-37.4)

Also feeing wronged (n = 40/176)

39.2% (29.7-48.7)

39.1% (31.6-46.6)

  1. The results are divided into the three main diagnoses: psychiatric disorders, musculoskeletal disorders, and other somatic diseases. The results are compared to similar data from patient contacts with healthcare staff.