ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2010
A prospective study of return to work across health conditions: perceived work attitude, self-efficacy and perceived social support.
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- Sustainable Return to Work: A Systematic Review Focusing on Personal and Social Factors.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2019Pooled it
- Person-related factors associated with work participation in employees with health problems: a systematic review.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2018Pooled it
- Prognostic factors for return to work of employees with common mental disorders: a meta-analysis of cohort studies.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2017Pooled it
- A systematic review of functioning in vocational rehabilitation using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2011Pooled it
- Prognostic factors of long term disability due to mental disorders: a systematic review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2011Pooled it
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- Synthesizing comprehensive models for health behavior studies: connecting dots and revealing links on health enhancement through a meta-analysis approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The influence of exercise identity on college students' perceived social self-efficacy: chain mediating effect test.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Healthcare professionals' perceptions of the contributions of rehabilitation coordinators to patients in Swedish psychiatric care: a qualitative descriptive study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Does social support at home moderate the association between social support at work and work functioning among cancer patients?Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of the present study was to conduct subgroup-analyses in a prospective cohort of workers on long-term sickness absence to investigate whether associations between perceived work attitude, self-efficacy and perceived social support and time to RTW differ across different health conditions.
methodsThe study was based on a sample of 926 workers on sickness absence (6-12 weeks). The participants filled out a baseline questionnaire and were subsequently followed until the tenth month after listing sick. Perceived work attitude was measured with a Dutch language version of the Work Involvement Scale. Perceived social support was measured with a self-constructed standardized scale reflecting a person's perception of social support regarding RTW. Self-efficacy was measured with the standardised Dutch version of the General self-efficacy scale, assessing the subjects' expectations of their general capacities. The sample was divided into three subgroups: musculoskeletal health conditions, other physical health conditions and mental health conditions. Anova analyses and Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were used to identify differences in association between the three factors and the time to RTW between different subgroups.
resultsThe associations between the perceived work attitude, self-efficacy and perceived social support and the time to RTW vary across different health condition subgroups, not only with regard to the strength of the association but also for the type of factor. In the multivariate model, hazard ratios (HRs) of 1.33 (95% CI 1.01-1.75) in the musculoskeletal subgroup, and 1.26 (95% CI 0.89-1.78) in the other physical subgroup were found in perceived work attitude. With regard to perceived social support HRs of 1.39 (95% CI 1.12-1.99) respectively 1.51 (1.05-2.17) in the same subgroups were found. Only self-efficacy remained in the multivariate model in all subgroups with HRs of 1.49 (95% CI 1.12-1.99) in the musculoskeletal subgroup, 1.53 (95% CI 1.07-2.18) in the other physical subgroup and 1.60 (1.07-2.40) in the mental subgroup.
conclusionsThe results of this study show that perceived work attitude, self-efficacy and perceived social support are relevant predictors with regard to the time to RTW in all types of health conditions, but that important differences are observed in type of factor and strengths of the relationships between physical and mental health conditions.
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