Workplace Organizational and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Return-to-Work Interruption and Reinjury Among Workers with Permanent Impairment | Zendy

Jeanne M. Sears | Zendy; Beryl A. Schulman | Zendy; Deborah FultonKehoe | Zendy; Sheilah HoggJohnson | Zendy

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Workplace Organizational and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Return-to-Work Interruption and Reinjury Among Workers with Permanent Impairment

Author(s) -

Jeanne M. Sears,

Beryl A. Schulman,

Deborah FultonKehoe,

Sheilah HoggJohnson

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

annals of work exposures and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62

H-Index - 77

eISSN - 2398-7316

pISSN - 2398-7308

DOI - 10.1093/annweh/wxaa133

Subject(s) - psychosocial , medicine , psychological intervention , workers' compensation , occupational safety and health , rehabilitation , logistic regression , cohort , occupational rehabilitation , physical therapy , psychology , psychiatry , compensation (psychology) , social psychology , pathology

Roughly 10% of occupational injuries result in permanent impairment and a permanent partial disability (PPD) award. After initial return to work (RTW) following a work injury, many workers with permanent impairment face RTW interruption (breaks in ongoing employment due to reinjury, poor health, disability, lay-off, etc.). Most RTW and reinjury research has focused on worker-level risk factors, and less is known about contextual factors that may be amenable to workplace or workers' compensation (WC)-based interventions. The aim of this study was to identify modifiable organizational and psychosocial workplace factors associated with (i) RTW interruption and (ii) reinjury among workers with a permanent impairment.

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