{"title":"影响日本脊髓损伤后重返工作岗位的因素:一项横断面研究。","authors":"Tetsuo Hayashi, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Momo Irie, Hiroaki Sakai, Mayumi Takegawa, Ryota Takanami, Muneaki Masuda, Kensuke Kubota, Mari Sato, Osamu Kawano, Takeshi Maeda","doi":"10.1038/s41393-025-01083-z","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Study design: </strong>Survey.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the rate of return to work among individuals with spinal cord injuries in Japan and identify factors associated with their return.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Returning to work is difficult for people with spinal cord injuries, although it contributes to their personal quality of life and society. Previous studies have examined various factors inhibiting return to work, but none have examined social participation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Questionnaires were sent to individuals of working age with spinal cord injuries. Their employment status, marital status, neurological status, activities of daily living, enjoyment of sports and/or hobbies post-injury, and whether they lived with family were examined using the visual analog scale for pain.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 134 respondents, 61 (46%) were employed at the time of the survey. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that mild paralysis and enjoyment of sports and/or hobbies were significant factors associated with return to work. Among those employed, 27% secured jobs through private job introductions, highlighting the role of social connections in facilitating employment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Besides mild paralysis, social participation in sports and/or hobbies was significantly associated with a return to work. 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Factors affecting return to work after spinal cord injury in Japan: a cross-sectional study.
Study design: Survey.
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the rate of return to work among individuals with spinal cord injuries in Japan and identify factors associated with their return.
Setting: Returning to work is difficult for people with spinal cord injuries, although it contributes to their personal quality of life and society. Previous studies have examined various factors inhibiting return to work, but none have examined social participation.
Methods: Questionnaires were sent to individuals of working age with spinal cord injuries. Their employment status, marital status, neurological status, activities of daily living, enjoyment of sports and/or hobbies post-injury, and whether they lived with family were examined using the visual analog scale for pain.
Results: Among the 134 respondents, 61 (46%) were employed at the time of the survey. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that mild paralysis and enjoyment of sports and/or hobbies were significant factors associated with return to work. Among those employed, 27% secured jobs through private job introductions, highlighting the role of social connections in facilitating employment.
Conclusions: Besides mild paralysis, social participation in sports and/or hobbies was significantly associated with a return to work. As social connections can provide opportunities to obtain jobs, providing spaces for interaction through sports and hobbies, can create a conducive environment for returning to work.
期刊介绍:
Spinal Cord is a specialised, international journal that has been publishing spinal cord related manuscripts since 1963. It appears monthly, online and in print, and accepts contributions on spinal cord anatomy, physiology, management of injury and disease, and the quality of life and life circumstances of people with a spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord is multi-disciplinary and publishes contributions across the entire spectrum of research ranging from basic science to applied clinical research. It focuses on high quality original research, systematic reviews and narrative reviews.
Spinal Cord''s sister journal Spinal Cord Series and Cases: Clinical Management in Spinal Cord Disorders publishes high quality case reports, small case series, pilot and retrospective studies perspectives, Pulse survey articles, Point-couterpoint articles, correspondences and book reviews. It specialises in material that addresses all aspects of life for persons with spinal cord injuries or disorders. For more information, please see the aims and scope of Spinal Cord Series and Cases.