Objective To explore the current situation and influencing factors of burn patients’ return-to-work in Nanyang area

and to provide reference for improving the return-to-work rate of burn patients.Methods Using the convenience sampling method

118 adult burn patients who were hospitalized in a hospital in Nanyang from March 2019 to December 2020 were selected as the survey subjects.At 6 months of follow-up

patients were divided into return-to-work and non-return-towork groups according to whether they returned to work or not.The General Information Questionnaire

Readiness for Return-to-Work Scale

General Self-Efficacy Scale（GSES）

Activities of Daily Living（ADL） scale

and Simple Coping Style Questionnaire（SCSQ） were used to survey the patients to obtain relevant information.Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the factors influencing burn patients’ return-to-work.Results Among the 113 patients

59 did not return to work and 54 patients did return to work

with a return-to-work rate of 47.8%.Among the non-return-to-work respondents

17 were in the pre-intention stage

28 in the intention stage

10 in the action preparation-self-assessment stage

and 4 in the action preparation-behavior stage.The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that age

GSES score

type of employment

monthly per capita household income

ADL score

and positive coping and negative coping scores in SCSQ were the factors influencing the respondents to return to work（P<0.05）.The influencing factors explained 66.10% of the variance（R=0.813

R2=0.661

F=36.230

P<0.05）.Conclusion The return-to-work rate among the survey respondents was at a low to moderate level.While most of the non-returning respondents had started to think about work

the related actions were still weak

and only a few of them were willing to put into preparation or action for return to work.Medical and nursing staff should promptly pay attention to and assess the readiness of burn patients to return to work

provide professional vocational rehabilitation guidance to patients according to their readiness stage and its influencing factors

and encourage them to actively cope with the situation

so as to maximize the use of available resources

improve the readiness of patients to return to work

and achieve vocational rehabilitation.