A return-to-work self-efficacy scale for workers with psychological or musculoskeletal work-related injuries

Black, Oliver; Sim, Malcolm Ross; Collie, Alex; Smith, Peter

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“…The median score at baseline for WEMWBS was 41 (IQR 37-52). Scores changed minimally over the follow-up, with a final median score of [42][43][44][45][46][47][48]. This implies that WEMWBS scores tended to improve during the trial, but the difference appears too small to recommend this as a primary outcome measure.…”

Section: Warwick-edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scalementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Self-efficacy for RTW does not currently have a consensus scoring system and three different approaches have been published. [46][47][48] The scale developed by Brouwer and colleagues 46 was particularly attractive for use in the current research project, as it included four items that specifically enquired about pain and RTW. However, subsequent to publication of this measure, Black and colleagues, [49][50][51] attempted to incorporate the two pre-existing instruments of Brouwer and colleagues 46 and Lagerveld and colleagues 48 (Lagerveld and colleagues 48 include items about the social aspects of returning to work) into one new measure, which they have validated.…”

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Individualised placement and support programme for people unemployed because of chronic pain: a feasibility study and the InSTEP pilot RCT

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Maguire

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Background Chronic pain is a common cause of health-related incapacity for work among people in the UK. Individualised placement and support is a systematic approach to rehabilitation, with emphasis on early supported work placement. It is effective in helping people with severe mental illness to gain employment, but has not been tested for chronic pain. Objective To inform the design of a definitive randomised controlled trial to assess the clinical effectiveness of individualised placement and support for people unemployed because of chronic pain. Methods A mixed-methods feasibility study comprising qualitative interviews and focus groups with key stakeholders, alongside a pilot trial. Study participants Primary care-based health-care professionals, employment support workers, employers, clients who participated in an individualised placement and support programme, and individuals aged 18–64 years with chronic pain who were unemployed for at least 3 months. Intervention An individualised placement and support programme integrated with a personalised, responsive pain management plan, backed up by communication with a general practitioner and rapid access to community-based pain services. Outcomes Outcomes included stakeholder views about a trial and methods of recruitment; the feasibility and acceptability of the individualised placement and support intervention; study processes (including methods to recruit participants from primary care, training and support needs of the employment support workers to integrate with pain services, acceptability of randomisation and the treatment-as-usual comparator); and scoping of outcome measures for a definitive trial. Results All stakeholders viewed a trial as feasible and important, and saw the relevance of employment interventions in this group. Using all suggested methods, recruitment was feasible through primary care, but it was slow and resource intensive. Recruitment through pain services was more efficient. Fifty people with chronic pain were recruited (37 from primary care and 13 from pain services). Randomisation was acceptable, and 22 participants were allocated to individualised placement and support, and 28 participants were allocated to treatment as usual. Treatment as usual was found acceptable. Retention of treatment-as-usual participants was acceptable throughout the 12 months. However, follow-up of individualised placement and support recipients using postal questionnaires proved challenging, especially when the participant started paid work, and new approaches would be needed for a trial. Clients, employment support workers, primary care-based health-care professionals and employers contributed to manualisation of the intervention. No adverse events were reported. Conclusion Unless accurate and up-to-date employment status information can be collected in primary care health records, or linkage can be established with employment records, research such as this relating to employment will be impracticable in primary care. The trial may be possible through pain services; however, clients may differ. Retention of participants proved challenging and methods for achieving this would need to be developed. The intervention has been manualised. Trial registration Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN30094062. Funding This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme and will be published in full in Health Technology Assessment; Vol. 25, No. 5. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.

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Individualised placement and support programme for people unemployed because of chronic pain: a feasibility study and the InSTEP pilot RCT

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Maguire

et al. 2021

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“…This study confirmed that the RTWSE scale is applicable to the expanded sample, in different socioeconomic and cultural environments, and with a broad spectrum of work injuries, severity levels, and disability phases. Black and colleagues [17] examined the RTWSE scale for both upper-body musculoskeletal and psychological workrelated injuries and found no difference between these types of injury in the work completion beliefs subscale, which is related to meeting job demands.…”

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“…In initial studies on RTW, measurements of general self-efficacy or self-efficacy for managing pain were mainly used, and there were conflicting findings on the impact of self-efficacy in RTW, as no self-efficacy measurement specific to RTW existed [10]. Since 2010, RTWSE scales specific to resuming work after the onset of a work-related injury have been developed and validated, especially for injured workers with musculoskeletal injuries [10][11][12][13][14], mental illness [15,16], and psychological injuries [17,18]. RTWSE-19, based on qualitative research findings by Shaw and colleagues [9,14], is a self-report questionnaire assessing workers' confidence in their RTW abilities.…”

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Transcultural validation of the return-to-work self-efficacy scale in Korean patients with work-related injuries

2020

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Background: This study aimed to develop a Korean version of the Return-to-Work Self-Efficacy (RTWSE)-19 Scale using forward-and backward-translation and investigate the validity of the RTWSE Scale specifically for Korean workers with work-related injuries. Methods: Participants were 202 injured workers who had filed a claim accepted by the workers' compensation system and had received medical rehabilitation at workers' compensation hospitals following a work-related musculoskeletal injury. Among these participants, 88.1% were male, 54.5% were over 45 years, 45.5% were manufacturing employees, and 54.5% were craft or machine operator and assemblers. The 19 item RTWSE-19 scale was developed by Shaw et al. and have three underlying subscales: (i) meeting job demands, (ii) modifying job tasks, and (iii) communicating needs to others. Statistical analysis included exploratory factor analysis (maximum likelihood estimation with oblique quartimin rotation), internal consistency reliability using Cronbach's alpha, and correlations with related measures: pain intensity; fear-avoidance beliefs; general health; depression; and general self-efficacy. Results: Using exploratory factor analysis, three factors with 17 items were identified: meeting job demands, modifying job tasks, and communicating needs to others. The removal of two items in the modifying job tasks domain resulted in an increased reliability. The Korean version of the RTWSE-17 showed reasonable model fit (CFI = .963; TLI = .943; RMSEA = .068; SRMR = 0.029), satisfactory reliability (r = 0.925), no floor and ceiling effect, and construct validity. Conclusions: The Korean RTWSE-17 scale was found to possess good psychometric properties and could address different injury types ranging from fractures to amputations involved in sub-acute and rehabilitation phases in the Korean context. This study's findings provide insights for practitioners and researchers to return to work after rehabilitation in a Korean clinical and workplace setting.

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“…In initial studies on RTW, measurements of general self-efficacy or self-efficacy for managing pain were mainly used, and there were conflicting findings on the impact of self-efficacy in RTW, as no selfefficacy measurement specific to RTW existed 10 . Since 2010, RTWSE scales specific to resuming work after the onset of a work-related injury have been developed and validated, especially for injured workers with musculoskeletal injuries [10][11][12][13][14] , mental illness 15,16 , and psychological injuries 17,18 . RTWSE-19, based on qualitative research findings by Shaw and colleagues 9,14 , is a self-report questionnaire assessing workers' confidence in their RTW abilities.…”

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confidence: 99%

Transcultural validation of the Return-to-Work Self-Efficacy Scale in Korean patients with work-related injuries Transcultural Validation of the Return-to-Work Self-Efficacy Scale in Korean patients with work-related injuries

Lee¹,

Yoo²,

Leigh³

2020

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Background : This study aimed to develop a Korean-language version of the RTWSE-19 through a forward and backward translation process and to investigate the validity of the Return-to-Work Self-Efficacy Scale specifically for Asian workers with work-related injuries. Methods : Participants were 202 injured workers who had filed a claim accepted by the workers’ compensation system following a work-related musculoskeletal injury. Among participants, 88.1% were male, 54.5% were over 45 years, 45.5% had an occupation in manufacturing, and 54.5% were craft or machine operator and assemblers. Results : Using exploratory factor analysis, three factors with 17 items were identified: (i) meeting job demands, (ii) modifying job tasks, and (iii) communicating needs to others. Removal of two item in modifying job tasks domain resulted in an increased reliability. The Korean version of the RTWSE-17 showed reasonable model fit (CFI = .963; TLI = .943; RMSEA = .068; SRMR = 0.029), satisfactory reliability (r = 0.925), no floor and ceiling effect, and construct validity. Conclusions : The scale was found to possess good psychometric properties and could address different injury types ranging from fractures to amputations involved in sub-acute and rehabilitation phases in a Korean context. The results from this study provide practitioners and researchers with insight into return to work after rehabilitation in Asian clinical and workplace setting.

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A return-to-work self-efficacy scale for workers with psychological or musculoskeletal work-related injuries

Cited by 12 publications

References 15 publications

Individualised placement and support programme for people unemployed because of chronic pain: a feasibility study and the InSTEP pilot RCT

Individualised placement and support programme for people unemployed because of chronic pain: a feasibility study and the InSTEP pilot RCT

Transcultural validation of the return-to-work self-efficacy scale in Korean patients with work-related injuries

Transcultural validation of the Return-to-Work Self-Efficacy Scale in Korean patients with work-related injuries Transcultural Validation of the Return-to-Work Self-Efficacy Scale in Korean patients with work-related injuries

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