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Long-Term Effects of Psychological Symptoms after Occupational Injury on Return to Work: A 6-Year Follow-Up

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(2), 235; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16020235
by Po-Ching Chu 1,2, Wei-Shan Chin 3,4, Yue Leon Guo 1,2,3 and Judith Shu-Chu Shiao 5,*
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2:
Rüdiger Nübling
Reviewer 3:
Maki Tei-Tominaga
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(2), 235; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16020235
Submission received: 14 December 2018 / Revised: 7 January 2019 / Accepted: 9 January 2019 / Published: 15 January 2019
(This article belongs to the Section Occupational Safety and Health)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Please see mu comments in the attachment.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

See attached file.


Layout (the order of text/figures/tables) should be improved. 

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

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Reviewer 3 Report

Major revision

In the introduction section, the authors showed the purpose of this study abruptly on page 2, from L50 to L54. I recommend that they should highlight the originality of this study and how this study is different from the one conducted previously. The authors should add further explanation as to why they focused on psychological symptoms as factors of occupational injury on return to work referring to some previous studies (e.g., in the Discussion section from 187 to L193) in this prospective study.

 

Minor revision

1. Please add information about comparison of basic attributes of those who participated this study and those who did not participate, or who dropped out. Since the authors mentioned about it in the section of  study limitation (page 8, L219- L222), they should mention it in this former section (i.e., "2.1. Participants").

2. Please add the data of reliability (Cronbach alpha) for BSRS-5 concerning the study participants in the section of “2.3. Measurements”.

3. Is the vertical scale on the display in Figure 2 correct for %? It looks like it is for the actual number. Also, please show the actual number of those who returned to work at each point (3 months, 12 months, and 6 years) in each line graph.

4. Discussion

Page 8, L212-234: the findings which did not support the previous studies might be influenced by a countries' differences regarding female working conditions and compensation system for occupational injury as well as organizational differences in which big organization tend to have an attractive benefits package including a support system for returning to work. Please add the above discussion.


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