title: Factors affecting employment after whiplash injury.
abstract: Of 586 employed patients with a whiplash injury 40 (7%) did not return to work. The risk was increased by three times in heavy manual workers, two and a half times in patients with prior psychological symptoms and doubled for each increase of grade of disability. The length of time off work doubled in patients with a psychological history and trebled for each increase in grade of disability. The self-employed were half as likely to take time off work, but recovered significantly more slowly than employees.
authors.affiliation: Southmead General Hospital, Bristol, England, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gozzard
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bannister
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Langkamer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gargan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Foy
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009790:Occupations; D014911:Whiplash Injuries / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*