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Table 1 Study population 2014–2016, characteristics of 1-year-FA, 2-year-FA, pFA and non-FA (n = 66,831)

From: Comparing occasional and persistent frequent attenders in occupational health primary care – a longitudinal study

Characteristics

1-year-FA

2014–2016

2-year-FA

2014–2016

pFA

2014–2016

non-FA

2014–2016

p value

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

 

6528

(10)

1603

(2)

592

(1)

58,108

(87)

 

Sex

<  0.001

 Male

3270

(50)

754

(47)

262

(44)

33,236

(57)

 

 Female

3258

(50)

849

(53)

330

(56)

24,872

(43)

 

Age

<  0.001

 18–34

1661

(25)

354

(22)

128

(21)

19,630

(34)

 

 35–44

1641

(25)

413

(26)

147

(25)

13,648

(23)

 

 45–54

1889

(29)

473

(30)

187

(32)

14,351

(25)

 

 55–68

1337

(21)

363

(22)

130

(22)

10,479

(18)

 

Company size

<  0.001

 0–10

507

(8)

77

(5)

19

(3)

8544

(15)

 

 11–50

1601

(25)

350

(22)

129

(22)

16,036

(28)

 

 51–250

1767

(27)

513

(32)

195

(32)

14,165

(24)

 

  > 250

2287

(35)

663

(41)

249

(42)

16,451

(28)

 

 Missing

2

(0)

    

16

(0)

 

Specialist consultation

<  0.001

 No

4677

(72)

894

(56)

244

(41)

51,622

(89)

 

 Yes

1851

(28)

709

(44)

348

(59)

6486

(11)

 

Professionals visited

< 0.001

 Physician

6513

(100)

1603

(100)

592

(100)

53,945

(93)

 

 Nurse

4119

(63)

1192

(74)

460

(78)

18,918

(33)

 

 Physiotherapist

2932

(45)

1023

(64)

425

(72)

7910

(14)

 

 Psychologist

1174

(18)

467

(29)

196

(33)

1966

(3)

 

OH collaborative negotiation (2014–2015)

<  0.001

 No

6309

(97)

1424

(89)

453

(77)

57,490

(99)

 

 Yes

219

(3)

179

(11)

139

(23)

618

(1)

 
  1. FA status was defined as the top decile of attenders (frequent attender 10%, FA10)
  2. 1-year-FA = Patients that were in the top decile of attenders in one of the study years (2014, 2015 or 2016)
  3. 2-year-FA = Patients that were in the top decile in any two study years (2014, 2015 or 2016)
  4. pFA = Patients that were in the top decile in all three study years (2014, 2015 and 2016)
  5. non-FA = Patients that were never in the top decile were considered as a reference group, non-frequent attenders