Table 4.

Psychological and other predictors associated with return to work at 1 month post-injury

Final model (complete case analysis)Final model (multiple imputation analysis)
CharacteristicOR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)
Location
  Centre
  Nottingham1.001.00
  Leicester0.86 (0.40 to 1.85)0.90 (0.48 to 1.71)
  Bristol0.68 (0.31 to 1.48)0.95 (0.52 to 1.73)
  Guildford2.62 (0.92 to 7.50)1.97 (0.81 to 4.80)
Age, years
  16–241.001.00
  25–441.13 (0.39 to 3.29)0.95 (0.44 to 2.08)
  45–640.44 (0.16 to 1.24)0.60 (0.27 to 1.31)
  65–690.27 (0.04 to 1.99)0.31 (0.06 to 1.68)
Sex
  Female1.001.00
  Male0.73 (0.39 to 1.34)0.79 (0.45 to 1.38)
Follow-up time, months
  21.001.00
  410.80 (5.62 to 20.76)7.16 (3.61 to 14.19)
  1272.17 (29.02 to 179.45)31.78 (13.87 to 72.81)
Psychological predictors at 1 month post-injury
  HADS-D0.87 (0.79 to 0.95)0.91 (0.85 to 0.99)
Psychological, sociodemographic, and injury characteristics at baseline
  Nights in hospital0.91 (0.86 to 0.96)0.92 (0.88 to 0.97)
Other predictors at 1 month post-injury
  CSS0.93 (0.88 to 0.99)0.97 (0.92 to 1.03)
  Threatening life events since injury
    No1.001.00
    Yes0.27 (0.10 to 0.72)0.42 (0.19 to 0.92)
  • CSS = Crisis Support Scale. HADS-D = Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale — depression. OR = odds ratio.