Low job satisfaction predicts delayed return to work after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

The studied 102 consecutive employed patients treated by elective laproscop ic cholecystectomy to determine job characteristics and psychological facto rs that predict delay in return to work after their procedure. Median sick leave was 13 days, and five variables significantly added to a model predic ting sick leave of at least 20 days (31.4% of the workers): low job satisfa ction (odds ratio [OR] 12.56; 95% confidence interval (CII, 3.34 to 47.2);; physical effort at work (OR, 4.99 95% CI; 1.46 to 17.04); pain at 7 days (O R, 5.55; 95% CI, 1.56 to 19.76; patient's expectation of stow recovery (> 7 days) (OR, 6.12; 95% CI, 1.82 to 20,55); and patient's expectation of no f inancial loss ton, 3.85; 95% CI, 1.14 to 12.50), The model was excellent (a re under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 89.6%). I;lie conclud e that low job satisfaction is a major predictor of delayed return to work.