Factors Associated with Patients' Willingness of Return-to-Work in Industrial Accident Hospitals

Go, Duck Ki; Yoo, Song Hee; Song, Jiwoon; Won, Jong Uk; Roh, Jaehoon

doi:10.35371/kjoem.1998.10.3.379

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“…First, a previous study reported that workers who were hospitalized for more than 6 months were more likely to have lower willingness to RTW. 26 In addition, another study suggested that workers with longer treatment duration were less likely to RTW due to the higher severity of disability. 16 Although the results only explain the relationship between treatment duration and RTW, it is possible that the lower willingness and higher severity of disability affected job retention in the same way.…”

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Impacts of Return-to-Work Type and Period on Job Retention in Workers with Occupational Injuries and Diseases

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BackgroundDespite the necessity of job retention in achieving return-to-work (RTW) goals, many workers leave their jobs after returning to work. The objective of this study was to examine the impacts of RTW type and period on job retention in Korean workers with occupational injuries and diseases.MethodsData were derived from the Panel Study of Worker's Compensation Insurance, including data from 2,000 systemically sampled workers who had finished recuperation in 2012; three waves of survey data were included in the analyses. Workers who returned to work (n = 1,610) were included in the analysis of the relationship between RTW type and job retention, and 664 workers who returned to their original workplaces were included in the analysis of the relationship between RTW period and job retention. The participants completed a questionnaire, and administrative data were provided by workers' compensation insurance.ResultsA Cox proportional-hazards regression analysis showed an increased hazard ratio (HR) for non-retention of 2.66 (95% confidence interval, 2.11–3.35) in reemployed workers compared to that in workers returning to their original workplaces. Among workers returning to their original workplaces, HRs for non-retention were increased in workers with a RTW period of 13–24 months (3.03 [1.52–6.04]) and > 24 months (5.33 [2.14–13.25]) compared to workers with a RTW period of ≤ 3 months.ConclusionRTW type and period were significantly related to job retention, suggesting that policies for promoting job retention rate should be implemented.

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