Workforce Reintegration After Work-Related Permanent Impairment: A Look at the First Year After Workers’ Compensation Claim Closure

Workforce Reintegration After Work-Related Permanent Impairment: A Look at the First Year After Workers’ Compensation Claim Closure

Purpose The purpose of this study was to descriptively quantify experiences of injured workers with permanent impairment during their first year of work reintegration. Methods A representative survey was conducted to characterize health, disability, pain, employment, reinjury, and economic outcomes...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of occupational rehabilitation 2021-03, Vol.31 (1), p.219-231
Hauptverfasser: Sears, Jeanne M., Schulman, Beryl A., Fulton-Kehoe, Deborah, Hogg-Johnson, Sheilah
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Aged
Chronic pain
Clinical Psychology
Closures
Compensation
Economic impact
Economics
Employee development
Employment
Environmental Health
Female
Health Psychology
Humans
Impairment
Injuries
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine
Orthopedics
Pain
Polls & surveys
Public health
Rehabilitation
Return to Work
Surveys
Work-related injuries
Workers
Workers compensation
Workforce
Workplace
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose The purpose of this study was to descriptively quantify experiences of injured workers with permanent impairment during their first year of work reintegration. Methods A representative survey was conducted to characterize health, disability, pain, employment, reinjury, and economic outcomes for 598 workers with permanent impairment who had returned to work during the year after workers’ compensation claim closure. Survey responses were summarized by degree of whole body impairment (
ISSN:1053-0487
1573-3688
DOI:10.1007/s10926-020-09912-z