TY - JOUR
T1 - Work trajectories of patients with persistent complaints after a COVID-19 infection receiving allied healthcare in the Netherlands
T2 - a secondary analysis of the ParaCov cohort
AU - Ben, Ângela Jornada
AU - Verburg, Arie Cornelis
AU - Maas, Esther T
AU - Hoogeboom, Thomas J
AU - Gerards, Marissa H G
AU - Slotegraaf, Anne I
AU - Cup, Edith H C
AU - Schaafsma, Frederieke
AU - Ostelo, Raymond W J G
AU - van Dongen, Johanna Maria
AU - Dutch Consortium Allied Healthcare COVID-19, ParaCov
PY - 2024/12/1
Y1 - 2024/12/1
N2 - 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 1333 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 Five hundred fifty-two 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.
AB - 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 1333 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 Five hundred fifty-two 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.
U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003240
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003240
M3 - Article
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 66
SP - 993
EP - 999
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 12
M1 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003240
ER -