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%) |
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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 | Â | Â |
tiredness | 3 | disappointing | 3 | Â | Â |
 |  | 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 | Â | Â |
work atmosphere | 2 | pressure by company physician | 1 | Â | Â |
influence of temperature on wound | 2 | advice of surgeon | 2 | Â | Â |
possibility to return home early | 2 | advice of any other physician | 1 | Â | Â |
company physician related | 1 | financial pressure | 1 | Information related factors | 6 (2.1%) |
autonomy | 1 | structure of health care | 1 | Â | Â |
being in contact with the company | 1 | society's expectations | 1 | Â | Â |
continuity at work | 1 | people's expectations | 2 | Â | Â |
no use of a partly recovered colleague | 1 | advise of others | 1 | Â | Â |
independent (own store) | 1 | taking others into consideration | 1 | Other | 0 |
relation with employer | 1 | expectations of children | 2 | Â | Â |
other | 3 | Â | Â | Â | Â |