TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The effect of demographic and social factors on return to work of injured workers with musculoskeletal disorders
JO  - Work
A1  - Xu, Yanwen
A1  - Ouyang, Yatao
A1  - Luo, Xiaoyuan
A1  - Lu, Xunwen
A1  - Yang, Xiaoshan
SP  - 91
EP  - 95
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
N2  - Objectives: This paper aims to explore the effects of demographic and social factors for those suffering from work-related injuries with musculoskeletal disorders and their employment status after discharge within three months. Method: The employment status and compensation-related information was caught by adopting telephone follow up with the designated data collection questionnaire; other demographic characteristic and social factors were obtained by reviewing injured workers' original admission records. Results: In total sixty-eight injured workers were involved with a 67.6% return to work rate. Time of hospitalization (t=2.34, p=0.02) and area of registered residence (x;{2}=8.37, p=0.02) significant differences were found between the return to work group and non-return to work group. The only predictor found by using Logistic Regression analysis was the length of hospitalization (OR=0.978, 95%CI: 0.959-0.998). Conclusions: The shorter the length of hospitalization during the rehabilitation process, the greater the rate of return to work for those workers suffering from work-related injuries with musculoskeletal disorders.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1051-9815
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -