ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2015
Return-to-Work Self-Efficacy and Actual Return to Work Among Long-Term Sick-Listed Employees.
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- Predictors of prolonged sickness absence after work injuries: a retrospective study using Tukey's Fence in 66,658 Hong Kong workers.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Dutch Dataset Vocational Rehabilitation for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Baseline Patients' Characteristics and Program Eligibility.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Return-to-work self-efficacy questionnaire: Cross-cultural adaptation and validation in China.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Suicide rates in the Slovak Republic in 2011-2020.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2023Article
- Chinese Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Return-to-Work Self-Efficacy Scale among Chinese Female Breast Cancer Survivors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Co-design Process of a Digital Return-to-Work Solution for People With Common Mental Disorders: Stakeholder Perception Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
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- Development and psychometric evaluation of a theory-based questionnaire measuring women's return-to-work beliefs after long-term sick leave for common mental disorders.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2023Article
- Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Employees with Mental Disorders or Musculoskeletal Diseases after Sickness-Related Absence: Validation of the German Version of the Return-to-Work Self-Efficacy Scale.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveConsidering the costs incurred by sickness absence and the implications for the workers' quality of life, a fast return to work (RTW) is important. Self-efficacy (SE) seems to be an important predictor of RTW for employees with mental health problems. The predictive value of return-to-work self-efficacy (RTW-SE) has not been examined in employees on long-term sickness absence due to any cause. The aim of this study is to investigate whether RTW-SE is a predictor of time to RTW in long-term sick-listed employees with all-cause sickness absence. Furthermore, the relative contribution of RTW-SE in predicting RTW will be examined compared to health-related, job-related and personal factors.
methodsIn a longitudinal study, sick-listed employees who were currently on sick leave for more than 4 weeks filled out a self-report questionnaire. Demographics, health-related, personal, and job-related factors, and RTW-SE were measured. Employees were followed for 2 years to determine the duration until full RTW. Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were used to identify factors associated with time to RTW.
resultsData were collected from 493 sick-listed employees. RTW-SE was a significant predictor of RTW. In a multivariate model, low RTW-SE, the thought of not being able to work while having symptoms (illness behaviour) and having chronic medical conditions were predictors of a longer duration until RTW.
conclusionWhen guiding long-term sick-listed employees, it is important to focus on factors such as SE and illness behaviour, instead of just focusing on the symptoms of the sick-listed employee.
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