ArticleSpinal cord2023
Labour market participation after spinal cord injury. A register-based cohort study.
Article in Spinal cord, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Vocational rehabilitation and return to work after spinal cord injury: a scoping review of policies in the U.S. and Canada.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Review
- Empowering hands and fostering employment: training individuals with spinal cord injury for careers in the beauty industry.Brain & spine · 2026Article
- Rates of Employment and Return to Work After Spinal Cord Lesion Onset in Israel.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2025Article
- Factors affecting return to work after spinal cord injury in Japan: a cross-sectional study.Spinal cord · 2025Article
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- Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury and Income and Employment Status.JAMA network open · 2024Article
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Abstract
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designA register based cohort study.
objectivesTo investigate labour market participation following spinal cord injury (SCI) and to describe the impact of personal and SCI characteristics.
settingNorway.
methodsPersons registered with SCI in the Norwegian SCI registry 2011-2017, and matched reference individuals without SCI from the general population (named controls) were followed for up to six years after injury using national registry data on employment, education, income, and social security benefits. Main measures of labour market participation were: (1) Receiving any amount of pay for work, and (2) Receiving sickness and disability benefits.
resultsAmong the 451 persons with SCI (aged 16-66 years and working before injury), the estimated percentages receiving pay for work and sickness and disability benefits in the sixth years after injury were 63% (95% CI 57-69) and 67% (95% CI 61-72). Corresponding percentages for the controls (n = 1791) were 91% (95% CI 90-93) for receiving pay for work and 13% (95% CI 12-15) for receiving sickness and disability benefits. Among persons with SCI, less severe neurological outcome, higher level of education, younger age at injury, and a stronger pre-injury attachment to employment (higher employment income, having an employer, less receipt of benefits), were associated with higher labour market participation.
conclusionSCI substantially decreased labour market participation up to six years after injury compared to matched controls. Even if a relatively large proportion of persons with SCI remained in some degree of work activity, more than half did so in combination with receiving benefits.
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