@article{ref1,
title="Long-term work quality of patients with mild traumatic brain injury: the associations with postconcussion symptoms",
journal="Applied neuropsychology. Adult",
year="2023",
author="Lai, Wen-Hsuan and Hsu, Huan-Hsuan and Yu, Hsiu-Ting and Xiao, Sheng-Huang and Tsai, Yi-Hsin and Wang, Kuo-Chuan and Huang, Sheng-Jean and Lin, Chih-Peng and Yang, Chi-Cheng",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Return to work (RTW) has always been a determinant functional outcome in patients with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). However, the quality of long-term RTW was still unclear. This study thus aims to examine long-term work quality and to reveal its associating factors. A total of 110 patients with MTBI was prospectively recruited. Post-concussion symptoms (PCS) and RTW were evaluated by the Checklist of Post-Concussion Symptoms (CPCS) and Work Quality Index (WQI) respectively at one-week and long-term evaluation (M = 2.90 years, SD = 1.29) post-injury. Only 16% of patients can successfully RTW at one-week post-injury, while 69% of patients have retained their jobs at long-term evaluations. Importantly, 12% of patients had to work under the adverse impacts of PCS at one-week after MTBI, and long-term WQI was significantly associated with PCS at one-week post-injury. Almost 1/3 of patients still had unfavorable long-term work quality even though they could return to work. Thus, a careful evaluation of the early PCS endorsement and work quality for patients with MTBI is merited.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2327-9095",
doi="10.1080/23279095.2023.2186232",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2023.2186232"
}