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PubMed2004

Preventing disability from occupational musculoskeletal injuries in an urban, acute and tertiary care hospital: results from a prevention and early active return-to-work safely program.

OBJECTIVE: Healthcare workers are at high risk for musculoskeletal injuries. A program was developed to decrease the incidence of musculoskeletal injuries and the duration of associated time loss. METHODS: A program combining primary prevention and on-site early intervention was implemented at a large, urban hospital. Incidence rates were compared using Poisson regression. Cox regression was used to analyze the time to return to regular duties. RESULTS: Although there was no reduction in incidence, the program was effective in returning injured employees to work more promptly for registered nurses and health science professionals (therapists, technicians), although not for facility support staff. CONCLUSIONS: Overall savings in time loss and compensation payments were realized. However, better integration of prevention and follow-up efforts are needed, and greater attention to the sociopolitical environment is required to improve outcomes for facility support staff.

Absenteeism↗
PubMed1980

[Rehabilitation after radical surgery for breast cancer].

Based on studying rehabilitation in 370 patients radically operated upon for breast cancer, it was found that 71.6% of females resume their routine socio-labour activities without any damage to their health, 70.3% of the patients do it in early terms after the treatment.

Breast Neoplasms↗
PubMed2000

A simple self-rating assessment method of residual work capability for occupational permanent disabilities.

BACKGROUND: To explore the validity, reliability, and determinants of a simple self-rating assessment method of residual work capability (RWC) after occupational permanent disabilities. METHODS: Five hundred and thirty-nine compensated permanent disability workers answered three consecutive visual analogue questionnaires wherein they self-rated their residual work capability in terms of speed (RWCS), quality (RWCQ) and a combination of speed and quality (RWCC). At two major hospitals in Taiwan, 169 of these subjects were evaluated with physical capacity assessment (PCA), cognition and sensation assessment (CSA), the work ability index (WAI), and the 12-item Chinese health questionnaire (CHQ-12). RESULTS: High test-retest reliability (Pearson's correlation coefficient 0.77) and satisfactory concurrent validity were shown for RWCS and RWCC. All PCA, CSA and WAI showed significant correlation with RWCs, while CHQ-12 displayed borderline correlation. Employment status after injury and status of the victim's salary as the main source of income for his/her family before injury, were the major determinants of RWCs, in addition to the scales of PCA, CSA and WAI. CONCLUSIONS: The RWCC resulting from the self-rating method may be used as a simple assessment of a victim's residual work capability after occupational permanent disabilities.

Accidents, Occupational↗