Long-term stability of return to work after a workplace-oriented intervention for patients on sick leave for burnout

Table 3 Number of relapses into increased degree of sick leave in the intervention and control groups

	Group
Number of relapses	Intervention (n = 64)*	Control (n = 59)*	Comparison of distributions
None	51.6% (33)	49.2% (29)	χ² = 5.52, p = .26
One	28.1% (18)	28.8% (17)
Two	14.1% (9)	8.5% (5)
Three	6.2% (4)	6.8% (4)
Four	0	6.8% (4)
Five or more	0	0

*Nine controls and four intervention participants were excluded from the analysis because they never returned to work during the entire follow-up period.
A relapse was defined as a period of two consecutive weeks, or longer, with a higher degree of sick leave than the preceding week, during the total follow-up period of 130 weeks. Figures show percentages within each group and the corresponding number of persons.

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