Table 4 Return to work outcomes.
From: Comparison of health outcomes between traumatic spinal cord and cauda equina injuries
Return to work after injury | ||||||||||||||||
| Â | 6 monthsa | 12 monthsb | 24monthsc | |||||||||||||
|  | UMN injury neuron N = 545 | LMN injury N = 20 | Overall N = 565 | P value | BCa 95% CI* | UMN injury N = 527 | LMN injury N = 18 | Overall N = 545 | P value | BCa 95% CI* | UMN injury N = 487 | LMN injury N = 18 | Overall N = 505 | P value | BCa 95% CI* | |
Returned to work | 243 (45%) | 13 (65%) | 256 (45%) | 0.07 | (0.01, 13.18) | 286 (54%) | 12 (67%) | 298 (55%) | 0.30 | (0, 7.11) | 279 (57%) | 13 (72%) | 292 (58%) | 0.21 | (0, 7.64) | |
Did not return to work | 302 (55%) | 7 (35%) | 309 (55%) | 241 (46%) | 6 (33%) | 247 (45%) | 208 (43%) | 5 (28%) | 213 (42%) | |||||||
Missing values: a (n = 77); b (n = 97); c (n = 137) | ||||||||||||||||
Return to same organisation after injury | ||||||||||||||||
| Â | 6 monthsd | 12 monthse | 24monthsf | |||||||||||||
|  | UMN injury N = 243 | LMN injury N = 13 | Overall N = 256 | P value | BCa 95% CI* | UMN injury N = 284 | LMN injury N = 12 | Overall N = 296 | P value | BCa 95% CI* | UMN injury N = 278 | LMN injury N = 13 | Overall N = 291 | P value | BCa 95% CI* | |
Returned to same organisation | 206 (85%) | 13 (100%) | 219 (86%) | 0.13 | (1.75, 3.41) | 218 (77%) | 12 (100%) | 230 (78%) | 0.06 | (2.85, 4.80) | 197 (71%) | 11 (85%) | 208 (72%) | 0.28 | (0, 5.25) | |
Did not return to same organisation | 37 (15%) | 0 (0%) | 37 (14%) | 66 (23%) | 0 (0%) | 66 (22%) | 81 (29%) | 2 (15%) | 83 (29%) | |||||||
Missing values: d (n = 386); e (n = 346); f (n = 351) | ||||||||||||||||
Return to same role after injury | ||||||||||||||||
| Â | 6 monthsg | 12 monthsh | 24monthsi | |||||||||||||
|  | UMN injury neuron N = 240 | LMN injury N = 13 | Overall N = 253 | P value | BCa 95% CI* | UMN injury N = 285 | LMN injury N = 12 | Overall N = 297 | P value | BCa 95% CI* | UMN injury N = 279 | LMN injury N = 13 | Overall N = 292 | P value | BCa 95% CI* | |
Returned to same role | 184 (77%) | 10 (77%) | 194 (77%) | 0.98 | (0, 0) | 202 (71%) | 10 (83%) | 212 (71%) | 0.35 | (0, 4.61) | 181 (65%) | 9 (69%) | 190 (65%) | 0.75 | (0, 0.97) | |
Did not return to same role | 56 (23%) | 3 (23%) | 59 (23%) | 83 (29%) | 2 (17%) | 85 (29%) | 98 (35%) | 4 (31%) | 102 (35%) | |||||||
