Factors predicting slower RTW at 12 months
psychiatric, anxiety
In the univariate analysis, factors predicting slower RTW at 12 months were higher scores on the anxiety, distress and stress symptom scales, lower scores on QOLS, having primary education compared to a professional or an academic degree and being on sick leave from unemployment compared to employment (Table After backward selection, multivariate analyses showed that being on sick leave from unemployment compared to employment and lower QOLS scores predicted slower RTW at 12 months (Table No association was found in the anxiety group between RTW and age, sex, marital status, socioeconomic position, municipality affiliation, psychiatric comorbidity, ASRS score ≥ 7, sick leave duration, IPQ, RTW-SE or any of the SAPAS items.