Abstract
Objectives
This study identifies work trajectories of patients with persistent complaints after a COVID-19 infection receiving allied healthcare and predictors of return work.
Methods
A prospective cohort of 1,333 Dutch working-age patients with persistent complaints after a COVID-19 infection receiving allied healthcare between 2021 and 2022 were used. Sequence analysis was conducted to identify work trajectories over time and logistic regression to investigate predictors of return to work.
Results
552 unique work trajectories were identified. The proportion of return to work was 31.4% (n = 419). High health-related quality of life was associated with higher odds of return to work (OR = 1.02; 95%-CI 1.00 to 1.04).
Conclusions
Only one-third of patients returned to work 9 months after receiving allied healthcare. Return to work was best predicted by health-related quality of life although the model’s accuracy was poor.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 993-999 |
| Number of pages | 71 |
| Journal | Journal of occupational and environmental medicine |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Early online date | 10 Oct 2024 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2024 |
Funding
This project was funded by ZonMw Efficiency Studies (10390062010001). Raymond W.J.G. Ostelo received grants from the Belgian- Dutch Research Institute for Chiropractic (DBRIC) and the Dutch Association for Manual Therapy (NVMT). Funding: This project was funded by ZonMw Efficiency Studies (10390062010001). Raymond W.J.G. Ostelo received grants from the Belgian-Dutch Research Institute for Chiropractic (DBRIC) and the Dutch Association for Manual Therapy (NVMT).
| Funders | Funder number |
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| NVMT | |
| Belgian-Dutch Research Institute for Chiropractic | |
| DBRIC | |
| Dutch Association for Manual Therapy | |
| Dutch Research Institute for Chiropractic | |
| ZonMw Efficiency Studies | 10390062010001 |