ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2013
The impact of psychological symptoms on return to work in workers after occupational injury.
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- Work and Health Questionnaire (WHQ): A Screening Tool for Identifying Injured Workers at Risk for a Complicated Rehabilitation.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2017Trial
- Uncovering Mental Health Profiles of Workers with a Physically Disabling Injury or Illness Using the Complete State Mental Health Framework.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Who are less likely to return to work after getting injured on duty? A 12-month epidemiological evaluation in an orthopedic and traumatology center in Hong Kong.Journal of occupational health · 2021Article
- Risk of mental illness after the diagnosis of occupational injury or disease: a retrospective cohort study.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2021Article
- Impact of Work-Related Burn Injury on Social Reintegration Outcomes: A Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (LIBRE) Study.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Long-Term Effects of Psychological Symptoms after Occupational Injury on Return to Work: A 6-Year Follow-Up.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Depressive, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders at six years after occupational injuries.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionThis study aimed to investigate the impact of psychological symptoms on return to work (RTW) in workers after occupational injuries.
methodsOur study candidates were injured workers who were hospitalized for 3 days or longer and received hospitalization benefits from the Labor Insurance. A self-reported questionnaire including Brief Symptom Rating Scale (BSRS-50) and RTW was sent to workers at 12 weeks after injury. At 1 year, all participants were contacted again to determine whether or not they had RTW.
resultsA total of 2001 workers completed the questionnaire (response rate 45.5 %) at 12 weeks after injury, among them, 1,149 had returned to work. Among the 852 who were unable to return to work at 12 weeks after injury, 225 reportedly returned to work by 1 year. A proportional hazards regression indicated that after adjusting for all possible risk factors, higher scores in BSRS-50 and BSRS-5 at 12 weeks after injury were significant risk factors for not return to work (NRTW) at 1 year after injury. Other risk factors were gender, education level, length of hospitalization, affected physical appearance, and injury type. Among 10 psycho-physiological symptoms of BSRS-50, a proportional hazards regression indicated that high score in phobic-anxiety scale was a risk factor for NRTW.
conclusionsAfter considering all other factors, psychological symptoms further predicted poorer probability of returning to work after occupational injury, and phobic-anxiety was the most significant symptom predicting poor RTW. Development of preventive measures among injured workers according to the risk factors identified in this study is warranted.
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