title: Return to work after trauma: A survival analysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the return to work (RTW) rate, time and predictors among trauma patients using survival analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cohort study was conducted with a three-month follow-up on 300 trauma patients hospitalized in Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Kashan, Iran in 2014. The data were collected through conducting interviews and referring to patients' medical records during their hospital stay and follow-up information at one & three months after discharge from hospital. Final analysis was conducted on the data retrieved from 273 patients. Data were analyzed by chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U test and survival analysis method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rate of RTW at the end of the first and the third follow-up months was respectively 21.6% and 61.2%. Survival analysis showed that the RTW time (Time between admission to first return to work) was significantly longer among patients with illiteracy, drug abuse, hospitalization history in the intensive care unit, low socioeconomic status, non-insurance coverage, longer hospital stay, multiple and severe injuries as well as severe disability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings indicated that trauma has profound effects on the rate and time of RTW. Besides disability, many personal and clinical factors can affect the outcome of RTW.
authors.affiliation: Trauma Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
authors.forename: Masoumeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abedzadeh-Kalahroudi
authors.affiliation: Trauma Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
authors.forename: Ebrahim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Razi
authors.affiliation: Trauma Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran. Electronic address: m.sehat2015@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mojtaba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sehat
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asadi-Lari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D062707:Return to Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012923:Social Class; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*
keywords: Disability; Return to work; Survival; Wounds and injuries