Table 3: CMS and SF-36 at return to work.

  d to Work fu at RTW fu at RTW % fu at RTW CMS PCS MCS SF-36
OW 70.5 66.7 d n = 30 61 64.7 57.7 77 66.8
PW 109 106.7 d n = 16 70 64.1 62.2 76.2 69.9
p-value <0.05 <0.05 n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s.

Fu at RTW: Documenting the time when the follow-up examination prior to or after the RTW took place at our institution (including only the patients who had one 7 days prior to or after RTW).%Fu at RTW: Showing how many patients actually had a follow-up examination 7 days prior to or after RTW. CMS, SF-36 and its compounds (PCS, MCS) at time of RTW.