Street Tamara D, Lacey Sarah J
The Wesley Research Institute, Queensland, Australia.
Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Work. 2015 Jun 5;51(2):373-81. doi: 10.3233/WOR-141980.
Injuries occurring in the workplace can have serious implications for the health of the individual, the productivity of the employer and the overall economic community.
The objective of this paper is to increase the current state of understanding of individual demographic and psychosocial characteristics associated with extended absenteeism from the workforce due to a workplace injury.
Studies included in this systematic literature review tracked participants' return to work status over a minimum of three months, identified either demographic, psychosocial or general injury predictors of poor return to work outcomes and included a heterogeneous sample of workplace injuries.
Identified predictors of poor return to work outcomes included older age, female gender, divorced marital status, two or more dependent family members, lower education levels, employment variables associated with reduced labour market desirability, severity or sensitive injury locations, negative attitudes and outcome perceptions of the participant.
There is a need for clear and consistent definition and measurement of return to work outcomes and a holistic theoretical model integrating injury, psychosocial and demographic predictors of return to work. Through greater understanding of the nature of factors affecting return to work, improved outcomes could be achieved.
工作场所发生的伤害可能对个人健康、雇主的生产力以及整个经济社区产生严重影响。
本文的目的是增进对与因工作场所受伤而长期缺勤相关的个人人口统计学和社会心理特征的当前理解状态。
纳入该系统文献综述的研究跟踪参与者至少三个月的重返工作状态，确定重返工作结果不佳的人口统计学、社会心理或一般伤害预测因素，并纳入工作场所伤害的异质样本。
确定的重返工作结果不佳的预测因素包括年龄较大、女性、离婚婚姻状况、两个或更多受抚养家庭成员、教育水平较低、与劳动力市场吸引力降低相关的就业变量、严重程度或敏感伤害部位、参与者的消极态度和结果认知。
需要对重返工作结果进行清晰一致的定义和测量，并建立一个整合伤害、社会心理和人口统计学重返工作预测因素的整体理论模型。通过更深入了解影响重返工作的因素的性质，可以实现更好的结果。
