@article{ref1,
title="Clinical and psychological factors associated with return to work among United States diplomats who sustained a work-related injury while on assignment in Cuba",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2021",
author="Green-McKenzie, Judith and Shofer, Frances S. and Matthei, Jarrod and Biester, Rosette and Deibler, Marla",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To determine factors associated with return to work in US diplomats injured during a work assignment in Cuba. <br><br>METHODS: In this case series work ability was determined at each visit. Questionnaires used included the Symptom Score Questionnaire, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, Quality-of-Life Inventory, and Patient Health Questionnaire. <br><br>RESULTS: Of the 45 employees referred to Occupational Medicine, the mean age was 42.5 years, 60% were men, 68% were never out of work, 22% were out of work for some period and 15% remain out of work. Vestibular, cognitive, hearing, sleep, and visual symptoms, and a higher initial symptom score were significantly associated with work inability while psychiatric symptoms were not. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This exposure resulted in prolonged illness with cognitive impairment and other clinical manifestations associated with work inability.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000002450",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002450"
}