Table 1

Factors related to employment status^*

Factor	Patients working	Patients not working	p value
No. patients (%)	48/60 (80)	12/60 (20)
Mean age, yr	48.67	56.7	0.002
Sex, male:female	26:22	3:9	0.11
Education, median level	Technical/trade school grad	Some technical/trade school	0.32
Social support^*	79	71	0.25
Smokers, no (%)	9/48 (18.75)	3/12 (25)	0.69
Risk of alcohol abuse, low:med:high	40:8:0	11:0:0	0.33
No. of dependants, 0:1 or more	15:33	10:2	0.002
Median income
Household	$70 000	$17 500	0.004
Personal	$55 000	$32 500 (before stopping work)	0.022
Collecting disability, %	4	75	< 0.001
Self employed, no:yes	37:11	7:1	0.67
Job tenure, < 1:1–5:> 5 yr	2:8:37	0:3:5	0.37
Physical function^*	29	8	< 0.001
Oxford-12 hip score^*	40	20	< 0.001
Functional limitation from medical conditions, none:some:severe	34:12:1	5:4:3	0.011
Median no. of other painful and limiting joints	3	6.5	0.12
Job motivation^*	56	35	0.008
Job satisfaction^*	21	35	0.13
Weekly hours
Work	37.7	36.7	0.78
Overtime	1.1	5.1	0.16
Unpaid	7.25	1.43	0.018
Workplace physical demands^*	53	56	0.69
Workplace flexibility^*	38	35	0.75
Ability to meet workplace physical demands^*	66	37	< 0.001
Productivity^*	65	35	0.007