TY - JOUR
T1 - Physicians' Perspectives on Person-Related Factors Associated With Work Participation and Methods Used to Obtain Information About These Factors
AU - de Wit, Mariska
AU - Wind, Haije
AU - Snippen, Nicole C.
AU - Sluiter, Judith K.
AU - Hulshof, Carel T. J.
AU - Frings-Dresen, Monique H. W.
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Objective: Person-related factors influencing work participation of employees with health problems are important. However, the best method to obtain information about them, according to occupational physicians (OPs) and insurance physicians (IPs), is unknown. Methods: Questionnaires in which OPs and IPs rated the importance of and described methods to obtain information about 10 person-related factors: expectations regarding recovery or return to work, optimism/pessimism, self-efficacy, motivation, feelings of control, perceived health, coping strategies, fear-avoidance beliefs, perceived work-relatedness, and catastrophizing. Results: OPs and IPs perceived all person-related factors, except for optimism/pessimism and perceived health as important for work participation. Information about the factors could best be obtained with use of a topic list during consultations. Conclusions: OPs and IPs should take person-related factors into account during consultations and it is best to use a topic list when discussing them.
AB - Objective: Person-related factors influencing work participation of employees with health problems are important. However, the best method to obtain information about them, according to occupational physicians (OPs) and insurance physicians (IPs), is unknown. Methods: Questionnaires in which OPs and IPs rated the importance of and described methods to obtain information about 10 person-related factors: expectations regarding recovery or return to work, optimism/pessimism, self-efficacy, motivation, feelings of control, perceived health, coping strategies, fear-avoidance beliefs, perceived work-relatedness, and catastrophizing. Results: OPs and IPs perceived all person-related factors, except for optimism/pessimism and perceived health as important for work participation. Information about the factors could best be obtained with use of a topic list during consultations. Conclusions: OPs and IPs should take person-related factors into account during consultations and it is best to use a topic list when discussing them.
KW - insurance physicians
KW - occupational health
KW - occupational physicians
KW - person-related factors
KW - work participation
KW - TERM SICK LEAVE
KW - BACK-PAIN
KW - RETURN
KW - EMPLOYEES
U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001596
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001596
M3 - Article
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 61
SP - 499
EP - 504
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 6
ER -