Sick leave and return to work after surgery for type II SLAP lesions of the shoulder: a secondary analysis of a randomised sham-controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare days on sick leave and assess predictors of return to work following shoulder surgery.

Design

A secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Orthopaedic department.

Participants

114 patients with type II superior labral tear from anterior to posterior of the shoulder.

Interventions

Labral repair, biceps tenodesis or sham surgery.

Outcome measures

Sick leave was obtained from national registers for the last year before and 2 years following surgery. Total and shoulder related number of days on sick leave were obtained, using international diagnostic codes. We applied the difference-in-difference approach to compare the differences in the change in mean work days on sick leave between groups over time, backwards

SUBMITTER: Brox JI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7170628 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature