{"id":109,"date":"2019-02-20T03:37:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T03:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/limb.dev.scorchedmedia.com.au\/research\/?p=109"},"modified":"2019-02-28T03:38:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T03:38:09","slug":"expert-consensus-on-facilitators-and-barriers-to-return-to-work-following-surgery-for-non-traumatic-upper-extremity-conditions-a-delphi-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/expert-consensus-on-facilitators-and-barriers-to-return-to-work-following-surgery-for-non-traumatic-upper-extremity-conditions-a-delphi-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert consensus on facilitators and barriers to return-to-work following surgery for non-traumatic upper extremity conditions: A Delphi study."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peters SE, Johnston V, Coppieters M, and Ross M.<br \/>\n<strong>Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) 2017; 42(2):127-136.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>DOI: 10.1177\/1753193416669263<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This Delphi study aimed to reach consensus on important facilitators and barriers for return-to-work (RTW) following surgery for non-traumatic upper extremity (UE) conditions. In Round 1, experts (n=42) listed 134 factors, which were appraised in Round 2 and 3. Consensus (\u226585% agreement) was achieved for 13 facilitators (high motivation to RTW; high self-efficacy for RTW and recovery; availability of modified\/alternative duties; flexible RTW arrangements; positive coping skills; limited heavy work exertion; supportive RTW policies; supportive supervisor\/management; no catastrophic thinking; no fear avoidance to RTW; no fear avoidance to pain\/activity; return to meaningful work duties; high job satisfaction) and 6 barriers (mood disorder diagnosis; pain\/symptoms at more than one musculoskeletal site; heavy UE exertions at work; lack of flexible RTW arrangements; lack of support from supervisor\/management; high level of pain catastrophising). Future prognostic studies are required to validate these biopsychosocial factors and to further improve RTW outcomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peters SE, Johnston V, Coppieters M, and Ross M. Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) 2017; 42(2):127-136. DOI: 10.1177\/1753193416669263 This Delphi study aimed to reach consensus on important facilitators and barriers for return-to-work (RTW) following surgery for non-traumatic upper extremity (UE) conditions. In Round 1, experts (n=42) listed 134 factors, which were appraised in Round [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}