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Table 1 Score of items relating to return to work in patients focus groups.

From: Assessing factors influencing return back to work after cholecystectomy: a qualitative research

Physical factors

101 (35.3%)

Patients' expectations or individually determined factors

50 (17.5%)

Hospital related factors

47 (16.4%)

pain

15

consideration of being operated upon

7

good follow-up care

9

open wound

11

fear of the operation

6

earlier discharge

5

food related complaints

11

an individual's willingness to resume work

4

delayed discharge

5

general physical complaints

11

a person's character

3

operative technique

5

change for the better

9

individual differences

2

operation delay

4

wound pain

7

recovery is disappointing compared to others

3

postoperative information

3

diarrhea

6

differences in experiencing pain

2

physicians with limited time

3

insomnia

6

experiences in the past

1

Gallbladder condition

3

shoulder pain

5

other individual circumstances

3

visit to outpatients' clinic

3

lack of endurance

5

self determination

1

anesthesia

3

abdominal colic's

5

scar

4

operating surgeon dependent

2

gastrointestinal complaints

4

nervous disposition

2

waiting list

1

infection

3

relaxed attitude

3

  

tiredness

3

disappointing

3

  
  

fear for resuming work activities

1

  
  

other

5

  

Work-related factors

46 (16.1%)

Influence, expectations or advice by thirds

24 (8.4%)

Home factors

12 (4.2%)

type of work

11

discouraged by others

5

children

8

adapted work activities

8

pressure by employer

2

housekeeping

2

work with lifting activities

6

expectation of company physician

1

getting bored at home

1

part-time work

3

advice of company physician

1

gender differences

1

discouraged by employer

3

other factors related to company physician

2

  

work atmosphere

2

pressure by company physician

1

  

influence of temperature on wound

2

advice of surgeon

2

  

possibility to return home early

2

advice of any other physician

1

  

company physician related

1

financial pressure

1

Information related factors

6 (2.1%)

autonomy

1

structure of health care

1

  

being in contact with the company

1

society's expectations

1

  

continuity at work

1

people's expectations

2

  

no use of a partly recovered colleague

1

advise of others

1

  

independent (own store)

1

taking others into consideration

1

Other

0

relation with employer

1

expectations of children

2

  

other

3

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