Predictors of work participation for Maori 3 months after injury.
Arch Environ Occup Health
; 73(2): 79-89, 2018 03 04.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28506115
An important rehabilitation outcome for injured Maori is a timely sustainable return to work. This article identifies the factors influencing working after injury in an attempt to reduce the individual, social, and economic costs. Maori participants in the Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study were interviewed about preinjury and injury-related factors. Among Maori participants, 521 were working for pay prior to injury; 64% were working 3 months postinjury. Factors identified, using modified Poisson regression, that predicted working include financial security (aRR = 1.34, 95% CI [1.12, 1.61]), an injury of low (aRR = 1.76, 95% CI [1.26, 2.44]) or moderate severity (aRR = 1.86, 95% CI [1.34, 2.59]), professional occupations (aRR = 1.22, 95% CI [1.03, 1.44]), and jobs with less repetitive hand movement (aRR = 1.17, 95% CI [1.01, 1.34]). These factors identified warrant attention when planning interventions to enable rehabilitation back to the workplace.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Wounds and Injuries
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Occupations
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Oceania
Language:
En
Journal:
Arch Environ Occup Health
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article