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Table 3 Periods of inability to work from lumbar spine symptoms / 12 months

From: Evaluation of the Back College for nursing staff

Inability to work during the last 12 months

Outpatient nursing N = 181

Hospital N = 630

Old people’s home N = 425

Other N = 46

Total N = 1,282

< 2 weeks

40.0% (22)

29.0% (62)

19.1% (27)

43.8% (7)

27.7% (118)

2-4 weeks

16.4% (9)

29.0% (62)

25.5% (36)

31.3% (5)

26.3% (112)

4-6 weeks

5.5% (3)

8.9% (19)

15.6% (22)

6.3% (1)

10.6% (45)

6 weeks-3 months

16.4% (9)

14.0% (30)

13.5% (19)

0.0% (0)

13.6% (58)

3-12 months

21.8% (12)

19.2% (41)

26.2% (37)

18.8% (3)

21.8% (93)

Total

30.3% (55)

34% (214)

33.2% (141)

34.8% (16)

33.2% (426)