@article{ref1,
title="Associations of demographic and injury-related factors with return to work among job-injured workers with disabilities in South Korea",
journal="Journal of rehabilitation medicine",
year="2012",
author="Park, Soo Kyung",
volume="44",
number="5",
pages="473-476",
abstract="Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the associations between the type of return-to-work and demographic and injury-related characteristics among South Korean workers with permanent disabilities due to occupational injury. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Subjects: A total of 13,078 injured workers aged 20-55 years who were legally registered in 2005 as having permanent disabilities due to occupational injuries. Methods: Workers' compensation databases were used to identify the retrospective cohort and to abstract demographic and injury-related variables. Return-to-work information was obtained from an unemployment insurance database and by telephone interview. Multinomial multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to test the association between the type of return-to-work (pre-injury job, self-employment, employment at a new firm) and independent variables. Results: Those subjects most likely to return to pre-injury jobs were male, aged 30-39 years, college educated with minor disabilities, and treated medically for one year or less. Findings were similar for those with a different employer after injury. However, the probability of self-employment was higher, particularly for males with moderate disabilities, but relatively lower among those under the age of 30 years. Conclusion: Special attention needs to be directed to demographic and injury-related characteristics when designing return-to-work programmes for injured workers with disabilities in South Korea.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1650-1977",
doi="10.2340/16501977-0907",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-0907"
}