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Prognostic Factors for Return to Work After Low-Back Disc Herniation Surgery
- Source :
- Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 27:NP1775-NP1784
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2013.
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Abstract
- Return to work (RTW) is an important outcome following disc herniation surgery. The present study aimed at determining factors that may affect early RTW after disc herniation surgery. Data were collected from 603 patients who underwent disc herniation surgery in an educational hospital via phone interviews during a 4-year period (2005-2009). Delayed RTW and failed RTW were associated with female gender, lower educational levels, longer hospitalization periods, greater BMI, biological age exceeding 40 years, employment in manual labor, lack of encouragement by the physician to RTW, being in pain at the time of the phone interview, having negative expectations about the outcome of surgery preoperatively, and low job satisfaction ( P < .05). Psychological and occupational factors have direct effects on RTW. Important factors include positive expectations about the outcome of surgery, encouragement by the physician to RTW, job characteristics, and job satisfaction. RTW can be accelerated by appropriate strategies and team work.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Disc herniation
Biological age
Iran
Return to work
Affect (psychology)
Job Satisfaction
Return to Work
Sex Factors
medicine
Humans
Occupations
Low back
Academic Medical Centers
Pain, Postoperative
business.industry
Age Factors
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Middle Aged
Low back pain
Surgery
Phone interview
Physical therapy
Female
Job satisfaction
medicine.symptom
business
Intervertebral Disc Displacement
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19412479 and 10105395
- Volume :
- 27
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....83df3f7f7f3edcf9165425d73f6e4d3b