Long-Term Effects of Psychological Symptoms after Occupational Injury on Return to Work: A 6-Year Follow-Up

Chu, Po Ching; Chin, Wei-Shan; Guo, Yang; Shiao, Judith Shu-Chu

doi:10.3390/ijerph16020235

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“…Return to work (RTW) is described as a multidimensional process influenced by psychosocial factors rather than by medical factors [ 1 , 2 ]. The number of scientific documents that could be retrieved from Google Scholar significantly increases from 2000 to 2020, as Figure 1 shows.…”

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Well-Being at Work after Return to Work (RTW): A Systematic Review

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Gragnano

et al. 2020

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Background: Employees’ well-being at work after the return to work (RTW) is considered a key aspect of rehabilitation and maintenance of workability. This systematic review aimed at identifying the common psychosocial factors that predict the subjective and psychological well-being in RTW processes after having a long-standing health problem or disability. Objective: To evaluate the subjective and psychological well-being at work of employees with chronic or long-standing health problems or those returning to work after any cause of disability. Data source: Systematic review of articles published in English or Spanish using PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, MEDLINE, Psychology, and Behavioral Sciences Collection, and Pubpsych. An additional study was identified by contacting expert academics in the field. The search equations used included terms such as Return to Work, Long-Standing Health Problems or Disability, Work Health Balance, and job satisfaction or subjective well-being. Eligibility criteria for the studies: Studies that included a measure of employees’ well-being at work following return to work were selected for the review. Evaluation of the studies and synthesis methods: The studies were selected using predefined fields which included quality criteria. Results: Of the 264 articles returned by the initial search, a total of 20 were finally selected. Results were organized around the three different theoretical approaches for understanding RTW and its antecedents and consequences: (a) RTW and autonomy at work have a positive effect on psychological well-being; (b) job demand is linked to less job satisfaction, whereas a higher level on the work–health balance is associated with job satisfaction and work engagement; (c) internal and external support is linked to job satisfaction in the case of a disease. Limitations: The evidence provided by the results is restricted by the limited availability of studies focusing on well-being at work following return to work. Moreover, the studies identified are of different kinds, thereby preventing comparisons. Conclusions and implications of the main findings: Employees’ subjective well-being after return to work has received very little attention to date. Given its importance in the current configuration of the labor market, it should be the object of more research.

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Well-Being at Work after Return to Work (RTW): A Systematic Review

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García-Ael

Gragnano

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“…After recovering from cancer, returning to work (RTW) is important to the survivors and their family and social roles as well as to their nances. Being employed is can reduce psychological distress and improve con dence and self-esteem [6][7][8] . However, most of cancer patients have suffered from physical and emotional problems such as pain, fatigue, anxiety, and depression after treatment which may lower their willingness of RTW [9][10][11] .…”

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Return to Work in the Gastric Cancer Survivors

Chen

et al. 2021

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Returning to work (RTW) is an often used outcome in work research to describe employee fully recovering from disease. Several factors are suggested as barriers for workers returning to work. The goal of this study was to investigate the role of RTW in workers with gastric cancer and identify its impact on their survival outcomes during 11 years of follow-up. A total of 4467 workers who with newly diagnosis of gastric cancer were included in this retrospective cohort study with a follow-up period ranging from 2004 to 2015. Relationships between work, treatment, and disease-related variables and RTW were analyzed by Cox regression. The impact of RTW on survival outcomes was analyzed by Kaplan-Meier survival curves. Old age, males, comorbidities, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and manual jobs were inversely associated with RTW. Operation and early stage of gastric cancer were associated with increased likelihood of RTW. After adjusting for variables, workers with stage 1 gastric cancer were more likely return to work than other stages with HR of 4.67 (95%CI: 2.99~7.31) and 7.44 (95%CI: 4.12~13.43) in the 2nd and 5th year. In terms of effect of RTW on survival rate, reemployed workers had better survival than those without employment in all gastric cancer survivors. Furthermore, RTW had significant association with reduced risk of all-cause mortality (HR: 0.49, 95%CI: 0.38~0.65). Improving these identified barriers and strengthening facilitators of RTW can provide employers and government to conduct comprehensive employment plans for increasing the percentage of RTW in the gastric cancer survivors.

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“…In particular, it is known that people who experience injuries at work exhibit psychologically unstable characteristics compared to healthy people and thus have a high possibility of it manifesting into more serious forms, such as depression [ 12 ]. Psychological factors are known to be factors that prevent them from returning to work and getting a new job [ 13 ]. In addition, workers who experience industrial accidents become socially isolated after the accident in correlation with anxiety, compulsion, hostility, stress, and depression [ 14 ].…”

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The Effect of Changes in Employment on Health of Work-Related Injured Workers: A Longitudinal Perspectives

Kim

et al. 2021

Healthcare

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This longitudinal study attempted to identify changes in employment status and overall health status. The participants were workers who had experienced work-related injuries in the past. In this study, we used the Panel Study of Workers’ Compensation Insurance from 2013 to 2017. This study utilized propensity score matching for a quasi-experimental design study of the first year to exclude the effects of the confounding variables and exclude the effect of employment status, which is the main independent variable. After applying propensity score matching the research subjects totaled 1070. Changes in employment status were found to have a negative effect on overall health status. This raises new implications for existing industrial accident-related support policies. Thus, it is considered that the scope should be expanded from policies related to re-employment of workers after an industrial accident to improving quality of life through maintaining employment from a long-term perspective. The notable point of this study was to apply the PSM methods. By applying PSM, we clearly identified the effect of changes in employment status on health status.

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Long-Term Effects of Psychological Symptoms after Occupational Injury on Return to Work: A 6-Year Follow-Up

Cited by 8 publications

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Well-Being at Work after Return to Work (RTW): A Systematic Review

Well-Being at Work after Return to Work (RTW): A Systematic Review

Return to Work in the Gastric Cancer Survivors

The Effect of Changes in Employment on Health of Work-Related Injured Workers: A Longitudinal Perspectives

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