Korean J Occup Environ Med.  1998 Aug;10(3):379-387.

Factors Associated with Patients' Willingness of Return-to-Work in Industrial Accident Hospitals

• Go DK
• Yoo SH
• Song J
• Won JU
• Roh J

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the various factors associated with the patients' return-to-work. For conducting the study, 511 samples are selected from nine industrial accident hospitals. Questionnaire are patient's general characteristics. injury characteristics and job characteristics. These results can be summarized as follows. When industrial accident patients get older, have family members to be supported, are hospitalized for less than six months, have accidents caused by their mistakes, have worked in the construction and manufacturing industry, have worked a company with more than 300 workers, and have worked for six months~ two years or over two years, they tend to express stronger willingness of return-to-work. In face with the current drastic increase of economic loss from industrial accidents, it is required to be dealt with these factors in planning and managing the health care of industrial accident patients.

MeSH Terms

Accidents, Occupational*
Delivery of Health Care
Humans
Questionnaires
Return to Work*