What is return to work? An investigation into the quantification of return to work

Vogel, Adam P.; Barker, Stephen; Young, Amanda E.; Ruseckaite, Rasa; Collie, Alex

doi:10.1007/s00420-011-0644-5

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“…Ninety cases (74.4%) were considered as eligible, 15 (12.4%) possible to the ones the patients had before their cardiac event. Positive Return to Work (RTW) improves patients' quality of life, economic security and psychological health, and, in terms of increased productivity and cost reductions, it has financial benefits for the society [3][4][5][6]. However, RTW after a long-term sick leave may be stressful and emotionally demanding because it can be associated with patients' reduced physical capacities or changes in their work employment, such as reduction in working hours or in job tasks, decrease in self-reported responsibility and involvement [7][8][9].…”

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Return to work after coronary revascularization procedures and a patient’s job satisfaction: A prospective study

Fiabane¹,

Giorgi²,

Candura³

et al. 2014

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Objectives: Research into work reintegration following invasive cardiac procedures is limited. The aim of this prospective study was to explore predictors of job satisfaction among cardiac patients who have returned to work after cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Material and Methods: The study population consisted of 90 cardiac patients who have recently been treated with coronary angioplasty or heart surgery. They were evaluated during their CR and 12 months after the discharge using validated self-report questionnaires measuring job satisfaction, work stress-related factors, emotional distress and illness perception. Information on socio-demographic, medical and occupational factors has also been collected. Results: After adjusting for demographic, occupational and medical variables, baseline job satisfaction (p < 0.001), depression (p < 0.01) and ambition (p < 0.05) turned out to be independent, significant predictors of job satisfaction following return to work (RTW). Patients who had a partial RTW were more satisfied with their job than those who had a full RTW, controlling for baseline job satisfaction. Conclusions: These findings recommend an early assessment of patients' psychosocial work environment and emotional distress, with particular emphasis on job satisfaction and depressive symptoms, in order to promote satisfying and healthy RTW after cardiac interventions.

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Return to work after coronary revascularization procedures and a patient’s job satisfaction: A prospective study

Fiabane¹,

Giorgi²,

Candura³

et al. 2014

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“…Currently, such factors can only be applied as a flag or an index for a prognosis [20]. On the other hand, RTW itself can improve the quality of life and economical security of patients and their families [18,21]. Moreover, according to previous studies, the longer absence from work, the smaller the probability of return to work [6,22] -absence from work for 12 weeks, can reduce the probability of RTW by 50% [23].…”

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Predictors of early return to work after a coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)

Mehrdad¹,

Asli²,

Pouryaghoub³

et al. 2016

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental CABG). Material and Methods:Two hundred twenty-six working patients who volunteered and underwent a primary coronary artery bypass surgery between September 2013 and May 2014 were selected for the study and followed up for 6 months. Predictors of early return to work (RTW) (within 2 months) were analyzed from variables in a prospectively collected database and the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) questionnaire carried out in the hospital and rehabilitation center as well as from the follow-up performed via the phone. Results: One hundred and two (45.1%) and 155 (68.9%) patients returned to work within 2 and 3 months after the surgery, respectively. Furthermore, 196 patients (87.1%) returned to work within 6 months after the surgery. In the univariate analysis, demographic or socioeconomic factors (such as age, level of education, income), occupational factors (such as occupation type, working hours per week, duration of the preoperative absence from work), psychological factors (such as a patient's concern about adverse health effects of RTW, feeling depressed, a patient's attitude towards his/her ability to RTW and a patient's perception of his/her job stress level) and medical factors (such as serum troponin T and creatine kinase MB (CKMB) level, pump time in surgery, co-surgery and dyslipidemia history) had a statistically significant correlation with early return to work. The patients who early returned to work had significantly higher scores in 3 domains on the SF-36 questionnaire (used for assessing the patients' quality of life), compared to those who did not return to work early (including physical functioning, role limitations due to physical health and pain). Conclusions:In the present study we identified 4 new medical factors that could be used as predictors of early return to work after CABG. These factors are: normal serum troponin T level, shorter pump time in surgery, normal mean arterial pressure (MAP) before the surgery and higher serum magnesium (Mg) levels. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2016;29(6):947-957

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“…In the last decades, thanks to the advances in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and to the improvement in rehabilitation programs, the death rates have been falling and the prevalence of the illness among workers is consistently increasing. Therefore, return to work (RTW) is actually a public health concern and a major goal of cardiac rehabilitation because it has economic benefits for the society, in terms of increased productivity and cost reductions, and it also improves individual well-being and economic security of patients and their families (2)(3)(4)(5)(6). Understanding the determinants of prolonged work disability is an important task for occupational health and workplace safety programs (7,8), in order to facilitate safe and timely RTW after sick leave.…”

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Return to work after an acute cardiac event: the role of psychosocial factors

Fiabane¹

2014

PER

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Introduction: long-term sick leave is currently a considerable public health concern due to the enormous financial consequences for society. Return to work (RTW) after a cardiac event is a major goal of cardiac rehabilitation because it improves patients' quality of life and economic security, and reduces occupational disability costs. The aim of this article is to review the current and main psychosocial factors influencing the RTW process among cardiac patients. Materials and Methods: the review is based on PubMed, Scopus and PsycINFO analysis related to psychosocial factors predicting return to work after coronary angioplasty or heart surgery. We use the follow key-words: cardiac event, cardiac rehabilitation, psychosocial factors, return to work. The studies included in the review were published from 1968 to 2014. Results: psychosocial factors play an important role in determining whether patients resume their job and the duration of sickness absence after coronary angioplasty or heart surgery. The most important non medical factors associated with cardiac patients' RTW include socio-demographic (age, gender, education, professional category), psychological (depression, illness perception, personal motivation and expectations, personality), and psychosocial work-relatedfactors (work stress, social support, job satisfaction). Discussion: the early identification of psychosocial risk factors associated with prolonged work disability is an important task for occupational health, in order to favour a fast and healthy RTW after long-term sickness absence. Future studies are needed to explore the effectiveness of rehabilitative and RTW interventions which include psychosocial risks management for improving employment chances among cardiac patients on long-term sick leave.

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What is return to work? An investigation into the quantification of return to work

Cited by 17 publications

References 23 publications

Return to work after coronary revascularization procedures and a patient’s job satisfaction: A prospective study

Return to work after coronary revascularization procedures and a patient’s job satisfaction: A prospective study

Predictors of early return to work after a coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)

Return to work after an acute cardiac event: the role of psychosocial factors

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