Factors affecting the life satisfaction of injured workers according to the type of return to work

This study aimed to investigate the demographic, industrial and health-related, economic, and psycho-emotional factors that affect the life satisfaction of injured workers, and compare them according to the type of return to work. Regression analysis was used to analyse data on 2,025 injured workers. Marital status (B = .967, p < .001), disability grade (B = -.129, p < .01), health status (B = 1.287, p < .001), socioeconomic status (B = 1.977, p < .001), ownership status (B = .585, p < .05), self-esteem (B = .246, p < .001), and self-efficacy (B = .049, p < .01) significantly affected the life satisfaction of injured workers who returned to their original workplace; and marital status (B = .991, p < .001), performance ability (B = .224, p < .001), health status (B = 1.066, p < .001), socioeconomic status (B = 2.025, p < .001), ownership status (B = .589, p < .01), self-esteem (B = .295, p < .001), and self-efficacy (B = .053, p < .001) significantly affected the life satisfaction of injured workers re-employed at other workplaces; ownership status (B = 1.853, p < .01) significantly affected the life satisfaction of injured workers who is self-employed. Implications are discussed.