@article{ref1,
title="What is a 'return to work' following traumatic brain injury? Analysis of work outcomes 12 months post TBI",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2019",
author="Watkin, Connor and Phillips, Julie and Radford, Kathryn",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="<b>Background</b>: Literature lacks a clear description of return to work following traumatic brain injury (TBI). <br><br>AIM: to describe work metrics for people with mild and moderate/severe TBI at 3, 6, and 12 months post-injury.<b>Methods</b>: A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of 172 TBI participants measuring work outcomes up to 12-months post-injury. Metrics described vocational status, accommodations, satisfaction, hours, time taken to return, financial status, and responsibilities. Logistic regression identified factors indicative of complete (80% of pre-injury hours) return to work.<b>Results</b>: 59/86 moderate/severely injured (68.6%) and 68/81 mildly injured (84%) people returned to work following TBI. Twenty-eight (16.3%) achieved a complete return by 12 months. The regression model was statistically significant <i>X</i><sup>2</sup> (4) =  51.980, <i>p</i> = <.0005, suggesting that those with high health-related quality of life, anxiety and functional ability were more likely to achieve complete return to work. At 12 months, 41 participants (23.8%) had workplace accommodations. One hundredfifteen (66.9%) were less content with their job and many reported reduced working hours.<b>Discussion</b>: This study highlights the heterogeneity of work post-TBI. Even people with 'mild' TBI fail to make a complete return to work by 12 months.<b>Conclusions</b>: Further longitudinal research is needed to explore the personal and economic legacy of TBI.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.1080/02699052.2019.1681512",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2019.1681512"
}