Return to work journey: an injured worker perspective

Return to Work after an Acute Coronary Syndrome: Patients' Perspective

OBJECTIVES To describe the time perspective of return to work and the factors that facilitate and hinder return to work in a group of survivors of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). METHODS Retrospective semi-structured telephone survey 2 to 3 years after hospitalization with 84 employed Dutch ACS-patients from one academic medical hospital. RESULTS Fifty-eight percent of patients returned to w...

Return to work: a historical perspective.

A time to refocus I suspect that many rheumatologists in the UK are unaware that the origins of our speciality were closely bound up with government schemes to improve employment opportunities. The Second World War left behind injured servicemen and women and civilians; repairing both physical and mental damage was a priority. Large numbers of injured and unemployed workers needed assistance at...

Return-to-Work According to Impairment Type Among Occupationally Injured Workers in Korea

This study examined the association between return-to-work and impairment type. Database of the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service was used to identify disabled persons; and return-to-work information was obtained from the Korea Employment Information Services database. The study participants were 79,328 persons who received Workers' compensation and who were confirmed as disabled ...

Return to Work in COVID-19: Review of Current Guidelines

Background and aims: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is mainly a respiratory disease which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Virus. The outbreak first began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and then expanded globally. COVID-19 can result in illness ranging from mild to severe. However, some of the affected individuals might be asymptomatic. Symptoms of the disease may appear in as few as 2 days...

Return to work.