Illness Perceptions and Return to Work in Patients With Moderate to Severe Injuries

Rehabilitation Nursing : the Official Journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
Bih-O LeeChang-Chiao Hung

Abstract

Research indicates that injured patients' illness perceptions constitute a strong influence on their return to work (RTW). This study examined the relationships between illness perceptions and RTW in injured patients. A prospective cohort design was employed. One hundred fifty-six patients were recruited from three hospitals, and 132 completed follow-up data at 3 months after injury. Three-month illness perceptions were measured using the Chinese Illness Perception Questionnaire Revised-Trauma. Return to work was defined as being able to return to a paying job covered by national work insurance. Non-RTW in injured patients tended to occur among patients who were older, less educated, more severely injured, and more likely to be admitted to intensive care units than patients who did RTW. Return to work patients also had more positive illness perceptions than non-RTW patients. Illness perceptions were associated with non-RTW, but the most important determinants of non-RTW were serious injury and older age. This study provides evidence to indicate that illness perceptions, personal data, and illness characteristics are associated with injured patients' RTW or non-RTW. The role of rehabilitation nurses may be extended accordingly b...Continue Reading

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Mar 6, 2021·Journal of Trauma Nursing : the Official Journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses·Ying-Ying ChenBih-O Lee
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