Table 1

Participants

Variable	Category	n	%
Gender	Female	232	71
	Male	94	29
Age*	Up to 30 years	27	8
	31–49 years	175	54
	50 years +	123	38
Marital status*	Living with partner	219	68
	Not living with partner	105	32
Educational	Elementary school (up to 9 years)	38	12
Level*	Upper secondary school (12 years)	154	48
	University degree (up to 4 years)	93	29
	University degree (>4 years)	35	11
Diagnosis	Musculoskeletal	185	57
	Psychiatric	45	14
	Others incl. cardiovascular	35	11
	Cancer	32	10
	No diagnosis	16	5
	Unspecific	13	4
Symptoms*	Pain at rest (yes)	267	85
	Pain in activity (yes)	277	89
	Depressive mood (yes)	244	78
	Anxiety (yes)	191	60
Type of RTW programme*	Occupational rehabilitation	206	64
	Medical or psychological treatment, including assessment and surgery	84	26
	Follow-up and work clarification services	32	10
Provided with a coordinator	Yes	237	73
Sector*	Public	148	48
	Private	158	52
History of sickness absence	Yes	314	96

Data on all participants except *missing; age n=1, marital status n=2, educational level n=6, symptoms (pain at rest, n=10; pain in activity, n=15; depressive mood, n=11; anxiety, n=10), type of RTW programme n=4, sector n=20.
RTW, return to work.