Citation

Wyeth EH, Maclennan B, Lambert M, Davie GS, Lilley R, Derrett S. Arch. Environ. Occup. Health 2018; 73(2): 79-89.

Affiliation

Department of Preventive and Social Medicine , Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/19338244.2017.1329698

PMID

28506115

Abstract

An important rehabilitation outcome for injured Māori is timely sustainable return to work. This paper identifies the factors influencing working after injury in an attempt to reduce the individual, social and economic costs. Māori participants in the Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study were interviewed, about pre-injury and injury-related factors. Among Māori participants, 521 were working for pay prior to injury; 64% were working three months post-injury. Factors identified, using modified Poisson regression, that predicted working include: financial security (aRR = 1.34, 95%CI 1.12-1.61), an injury of low (aRR = 1.76, 95%CI 1.26-2.44) or moderate severity (aRR = 1.86, 95%CI 1.34-2.59), professional occupations (aRR = 1.22, 95%CI 1.03-1.44) and jobs with less repetitive hand movements (aRR = 1.17, 95%CI 1.01-1.34). These factors identified warrant attention when planning interventions to enable rehabilitation back to the workplace.

Language: en

Keywords

Indigenous; Injury; Māori; Return to work; Work participation