Department of Occupational Therapy, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris), Québec City, QC, Canada.
Work. 2024;79(1):135-153. doi: 10.3233/WOR-230509.
Considering current labour shortages, the recent increase in the number of aging workers in the labour market is deemed economically beneficial. However, due to specific characteristics (e.g. biological, generational), aging workers take longer to recover and return to work after an occupational injury. Yet, few studies have examined the rehabilitation, return, and stay at work process of aging workers and current knowledge makes it difficult for stakeholders to identify which interventions to use with this specific population.
This study aimed to describe which interventions are used in the rehabilitation, return, and stay at work process of aging workers having suffered an occupational injury.
We conducted a five-step scoping review. Five databases were used for the literature search. A qualitative analysis of the retained manuscripts was conducted.
Our analysis led to the extraction of information from seven manuscripts that concern the rehabilitation, return, and stay at work process of aging workers who suffered an occupational injury exclusively. We identified 19 interventions (e.g. work capacity development, work task modifications, permanent part-time work, and alternative roles) and were described according to the different phases of the Cycle of Work Disability Prevention (CWDP).
This study offers informative, non-prescriptive, and operational interventions useful for stakeholders who support aging workers. Furthermore, it is a knowledge base to develop future projects that promote the rehabilitation, return, and stay at work process of aging workers.
考虑到当前劳动力短缺的情况，劳动力市场中老年工人数量的最近增加被认为在经济上是有益的。然而，由于老龄化工人具有特定的特点（如生物性、代际性），他们在遭受职业伤害后需要更长的时间来恢复并重返工作岗位。然而，很少有研究调查过老龄化工人的康复、重返和留任工作过程，当前的知识使得利益相关者难以确定应使用哪些干预措施来针对这一特定人群。
本研究旨在描述在遭受职业伤害的老龄化工人的康复、重返和留任工作过程中使用了哪些干预措施。
我们进行了一个五步的范围综述。使用了五个数据库进行文献检索。对保留的手稿进行了定性分析。
我们的分析从仅涉及遭受职业伤害的老龄化工人康复、重返和留任工作过程的七篇手稿中提取了信息。我们确定了 19 种干预措施（例如工作能力发展、工作任务修改、永久性兼职工作和替代角色），并根据工作残疾预防周期（CWDP）的不同阶段进行了描述。
本研究为支持老龄化工人的利益相关者提供了有用的、非规定性的和可操作的干预措施。此外，它还是一个知识库，可以为促进老龄化工人康复、重返和留任工作过程的未来项目提供依据。
