TY - JOUR
T1 - A Prospective Study of Factors Influencing Return to Work After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Taiwan
AU - Lin, Mau-Roung
AU - Hwang, Hei Fen
AU - Yu, Wen Yu
AU - Chen, Chih Yi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by the National Health Research Institute (NHRI-EX96-9204PP), Taiwan, Republic of China.
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - Lin M-R, Hwang H-F, Yu W-Y, Chen C-Y. A prospective study of factors influencing return to work after traumatic spinal cord injury in Taiwan. Objective: To examine comprehensively the effects of physical, psychologic, and sociologic characteristics on employment among persons after a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in Taiwan. Design: A prospective study with follow-up telephone interviews over a 3-year period. Setting: To register people who had sustained an SCI, medical records of 4 hospitals were reviewed using codes of the International Classification of Diseases-9th Revision-Clinical Modifications from 806.0 to 806.9 and from 952.0 to 952.9. Participants: Subjects (N=219) employed at the time of injury. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: Employment status after an SCI. Results: The employment rate was 32.9%. After controlling for other variables, education level (relative rate [RR]=4.01∼8.17), autonomy in transportation (RR=5.13), professional licensure (RR=1.86), and thrill and adventure-seeking trait (RR=1.12) were positively and significantly associated with employment, while subjects with more severe overall injury severity (RR=0.95), preinjury chronic conditions (RR=0.20), necessity for aids for daily living (RR=0.31), and depression (RR=0.38) were less likely to have been employed than their counterparts. Conclusions: In addition to education level and traditional physical factors, overall injury severity and psychologic factors such as thrill and adventure seeking and depression can also influence the return to work after an SCI.
AB - Lin M-R, Hwang H-F, Yu W-Y, Chen C-Y. A prospective study of factors influencing return to work after traumatic spinal cord injury in Taiwan. Objective: To examine comprehensively the effects of physical, psychologic, and sociologic characteristics on employment among persons after a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in Taiwan. Design: A prospective study with follow-up telephone interviews over a 3-year period. Setting: To register people who had sustained an SCI, medical records of 4 hospitals were reviewed using codes of the International Classification of Diseases-9th Revision-Clinical Modifications from 806.0 to 806.9 and from 952.0 to 952.9. Participants: Subjects (N=219) employed at the time of injury. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: Employment status after an SCI. Results: The employment rate was 32.9%. After controlling for other variables, education level (relative rate [RR]=4.01∼8.17), autonomy in transportation (RR=5.13), professional licensure (RR=1.86), and thrill and adventure-seeking trait (RR=1.12) were positively and significantly associated with employment, while subjects with more severe overall injury severity (RR=0.95), preinjury chronic conditions (RR=0.20), necessity for aids for daily living (RR=0.31), and depression (RR=0.38) were less likely to have been employed than their counterparts. Conclusions: In addition to education level and traditional physical factors, overall injury severity and psychologic factors such as thrill and adventure seeking and depression can also influence the return to work after an SCI.
KW - Depression
KW - Employment
KW - Rehabilitation
KW - Social support
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.04.006
DO - 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.04.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 19801061
AN - SCOPUS:70350505825
SN - 0003-9993
VL - 90
SP - 1716
EP - 1722
JO - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
IS - 10
ER -
