Table 3.

Factors that hinder RTW of long-term sick-listed employees according to 80 % of the respondents (n = 103)

Factors that hinder RTW	Percentage (%)
Inefficient coping style	91
Negative illness perceptions	89
Secondary gain from illness	89
Treating physicians that promote illness behaviour or advise incorrectly concerning RTW	88
Inefficient guidance from different RTW stakeholders	86
Medicalising	82
Negative attitude from employee towards work resumption	81
Physicians focussing on strictly medical issues instead of paying attention to non-medical factors	80