Factors predicting work status 3 months after injury: results from the Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Few studies examine predictors of work status following injury beyond injuries presenting to a hospital or emergency department. This paper examines the combined influences of socio-demographic, occupational, injury and pre-existing health and lifestyle factors as predictors of work status 3 months after hospitalised and non-hospitalised injury in a cohort of injured New Zealand workers.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

The Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study, New Zealand.

Participants

2626 workforce active participants were identified from the Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study; 11 participants with missing outcome responses were excluded.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome of interest was 'not working' at th

SUBMITTER: Lilley R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3308259 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature