Variable | Subclass | Mean (Standard deviation) or Percentage |
---|---|---|
Age (years) | Â | 45.5 (17.2) |
Sex | Female | 61% |
Country of birth | Australia | 66% |
Education | Low/ Medium | 74% |
 | High | 26% |
Socio-economic status | Lower (1–5) | 42% |
 | Higher (6–10) | 58% |
Work status | Employed | 62% |
 | Unemployed | 38% |
Pre-injury health status | Good - Excellent | 93% |
 | Fair-Poor | 7% |
Pain catastrophising – high | 2 months | 21.3% (89 of n = 417) |
 | 12 months | 14.6% (61 of n = 324) |
 | 24 months | 11.0% (46 of n = 287) |
Injury severity | Mild | 77.6% |
 | moderate | 13% |
 | Serious | 6.5% |
 | Severe | 2% |
Type of injury | Whiplash | 56% |
Previous claim | Â | 31% |
Lawyer engagement | 12 months | 35% (114 of n = 323) |
 | 24 months | 34% (98 of n = 288) |
Insurance company | One insurer | 54% participants |
 | Other insurers | 46% participants |
Claims management dissatisfaction | 2 months | 37% (152 of n = 407) |
12 months | 35% (113 of n = 323) | |
 | 24 months | 35% (94 of n = 266) |
Claim settlement | 2 months | 13% (53 of n = 417) |
 | 12 months | 53% (220 of n = 417) |
 | 24 months | 70% (293 of n = 417) |
Anxiety/depression (moderate + severe) | 2 months | 37% (156 of n = 417) |
12 months | 39% (127 of n = 325) | |
 | 24 months | 29% (82 of n = 282) |