| PMC full text: | Published online 2015 Aug 26. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007836
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Table 2
Baseline characteristics of WSIB low back pain claims (n=1442)
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 41.3 (10.5) |
| Gender, n (%) | |
| Female | 552 (38.3) |
| Male | 890 (61.7) |
| First language, n (%) | |
| English | 1372 (95.1) |
| Other | 70 (4.9) |
| Predisability income (dollars/week) mean (SD) | 731.4 (332.5) |
| Opioid prescription reimbursed by WSIB in the first 4 weeks of claim, n (%) | |
| Yes | 136 (9.4) |
| No | 1306 (90.6) |
| Prior WSIB claim, n (%) | |
| Yes | 1091 (75.7) |
| No | 351 (24.3) |
| Union membership, n (%) | |
| Yes | 610 (42.3) |
| No | 656 (45.5) |
| Missing data | 176 (12.2) |
| Employer RTW programme, n (%) | |
| Yes | 1042 (72.3) |
| No | 278 (19.3) |
| Missing data | 122 (8.5) |
| Employer doubts work-relatedness of injury, n (%) | |
| Yes | 195 (13.5) |
| No | 1051 (72.9) |
| Missing data | 196 (13.6) |
| Chiropractic care reimbursed by WSIB during claim, n (%) | 391 (27.1) |
| Early Chiropractic care (≥3 treatments received within the first 28 days), n (%) | 247 (17.1) |
| Physiotherapy reimbursed by WSIB during claim, n (%) | 786 (54.5) |
| Early Physiotherapy (≥3 treatments received within the first 28 days), n (%) | 388 (26.9) |