Factors relating to return to work after burn injury

The Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation
M WrigleyP R Fine

Abstract

This study examined the influence of various factors on the probability that 225 persons with severe burns would return to work 12 months after being discharged from the acute care setting. By use of multivariate analysis, 4 out of 15 variables significantly increased the probability of being employed: (1) being white, (2) not blaming oneself, (3) receiving workmen's compensation, and (4) being employed before the injury. With controls for burn severity and other variables, premorbid employment accounted for a person being 171 times more likely to return to work than one who was not employed before injury. Our findings suggest that some traditionally held impressions regarding factors related to return to work after a severe burn should be revisited. Moreover, despite earlier reports concluding that burn severity was the primary predictor of return to work, we found no factors in the acute care environment or patient characteristics that were statistically significant. Instead, findings from this series underscore the importance of the preinjury environment--especially being employed at the time of injury--as the strongest predictor of return to work after a severe burn.

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