Citation

Xu Y, Ouyang Y, Luo X, Lu X, Yang X. Work 2007; 30(1): 91-95.

Affiliation

The Guangzhou Work Injury Rehabilitation Hospital, Wenquan Town, Conghua, Guangzhou, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, IOS Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18198446

Abstract

Objectives: This paper aims to explore the effects of demographic and social factors for those suffering from work-related injuries with musculoskeletal disorders and their employment status after discharge within three months. Method: The employment status and compensation-related information was caught by adopting telephone follow up with the designated data collection questionnaire; other demographic characteristic and social factors were obtained by reviewing injured workers' original admission records. Results: In total sixty-eight injured workers were involved with a 67.6% return to work rate. Time of hospitalization (t=2.34, p=0.02) and area of registered residence (x;{2}=8.37, p=0.02) significant differences were found between the return to work group and non-return to work group. The only predictor found by using Logistic Regression analysis was the length of hospitalization (OR=0.978, 95%CI: 0.959-0.998). Conclusions: The shorter the length of hospitalization during the rehabilitation process, the greater the rate of return to work for those workers suffering from work-related injuries with musculoskeletal disorders.

Language: en