Well-being After Finalization of a Workers' Compensation Claim: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Journal: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

Volume: 67

Issue: 1

Year of Publication: 2025

Affiliated Institutions:  From the Curtin School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (J.W., R.F., D.B.); Curtin enAble Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (R.F., B.M., D.B.); Pain Options, Hardy Street, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia (T.M.); Centre for Health Research, University of Southern Queensland, Australia (V.J.); School of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia (M.W.); Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (MonCOEH), Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (M.W.); John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (R.G.); and Mental health, Alcohol, Substance Use and Tobacco Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa (B.M.).

Abstract summary 

Injured workers can be disadvantaged after a workers' compensation claims ends. This study investigated the association of a range of variables with well-being in injured workers who had finalized a workers' compensation claim >3 months prior.On-line, cross-sectional survey (n = 129, 55.81% female). Well-being was measured using the Psychological Wellbeing 18-item (PWB) and the Personal Wellbeing Score (PWS).Multivariable quantile regression analysis controlling for education level demonstrated associations between the PWB and levels of psychological distress (-1.53; 95% CI, -2.11 to -0.94; P < 0.001) and resilience (6.51; 95% CI, 2.65 to 10.37; P = 0.001), and between the PWS and levels of psychological distress (-0.04; 95% CI, -0.51 to -0.29; P < 0.001) and resilience (1.2; 95% CI 0.47 to 1.93), P = 0.001.Contemporaneous variables of resilience and psychological distress were stronger correlates with well-being than historic claim-related variables.

Authors & Co-authors:  Weir James J Fary Robyn R Mitchell Tim T Johnston Venerina V Wyatt Mary M Guthrie Robert R Myers Bronwyn B Beales Darren D

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Citations :  International Labour Organisation. Decent work. [International Labour Organisation web site]. Available at: https://www.ilo.org/topics/decent-work. Accessed May 12, 2024.
Authors :  8
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003264
SSN : 1536-5948
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Humans
Other Terms
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
United States