Download or read book Predicting Return to Work After Workplace Injury written by Richard Hilton and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economic and public health benefits of improving return to work outcomes after workplace injury remain major goals for employers, injured workers and compensation administrators. A step to improving return to work outcomes is identifying which workers have the greatest risk of not being successful. While there has been considerable study in this area there has not been a bringing together of current knowledge, nor is there consensus regarding predictors of return to work.

Download or read book Predicting Return to work Outcomes for the Injured Worker written by Horace Ting and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Development and Validation of a Predictive Model of Return to work Outcomes of Injured Employees in Minnesota written by Adrian Bentley Hankins and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Minnesota's workers' compensation system, injured employees at risk for sustaining permanent disability may be eligible for receipt of vocational rehabilitation (VR) services if they are determined to be capable of benefitting from such services. VR services can be a valuable resource to injured employees who need assistance minimizing their work disability and maximizing their residual wage-earning capacity. However, for VR services to be effective at a system level, it is necessary to precisely and accurately identify an injured employee's rehabilitation potential. Failure to do so is likely to result in the misallocation of a scarce and costly resource. Given recent trends in Minnesota's workers compensation system (e.g., higher VR service costs and lower RTW rates among injured employees with indemnity claims), this study was conducted with the purpose of developing and validating an objective, evidence-based method of predicting the RTW status as of claim closure of injured Minnesota employees who sustained permanent impairment and received VR services. To accomplish this purpose, a closed-claim, retrospective design was implemented. Data for this cross-sectional study was obtained from the Minnesota administrative claims database. There were 15,372 claims that met all eligibility criteria. With guidance from the biopsychosocial disablement models developed by Nagi and the World Health Organization, 15 discrete predictor variables that represented medical, individual, and workplace factors were selected for study inclusion. Descriptive and predictive analyses were used to assess the relationship between this study's RTW outcome and its set of RTW predictors. Using logistic regression, an optimal RTW model was first developed and then internally validated with a split-dataset approach. The optimal RTW model included four main effects (attorney involvement; severity of permanent impairment; age; job tenure) and three first-order interaction effects (pre-injury average weekly wage X pre-injury industry; attorney involvement X severity of permanent impairment; attorney involvement X job tenure). Though not retained in the optimal RTW model, part of body affected and education also had notable bivariate relationships with the outcome. The optimal RTW model's performance regarding goodness-of-fit and clinical usefulness suggests it may be of value to those assessing rehabilitation potential within Minnesota's workers compensation system.

Download or read book Return to Work Outcomes for Injured Workers written by Sharon E. Fox and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of Work Disability written by Patrick Loisel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-22 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ​This book addresses the developing field of Work Disability Prevention. Work disability does not only involve occupational disorders originating from the work or at the workplace, but addresses work absenteeism originating from any disorder or accident. This topic has become of primary importance due to the huge compensation costs and health issues involved. For employers it is a unique burden and in many countries compensation is not even linked to the cause of the disorder. In the past twenty years, studies have accumulated which emphasize the social causes of work disability. Governments and NGOs such as the World Bank, the International Labor Organization, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have produced alarming reports on the extent of this problem for developed and developing countries. However, no comprehensive book is presently available to help them address this emerging field where new knowledge should induce new ways of management.​

Download or read book Handbook of Return to Work written by Izabela Z. Schultz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-13 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive interdisciplinary synthesis focuses on the clinical and occupational intervention processes enabling workers to return to their jobs and sustain employment after injury or serious illness as well as ideas for improving the wide range of outcomes of entry and re-entry into the workplace. Information is accessible along key theoretical, research, and interventive lines, emphasizing a palette of evidence-informed approaches to return to work and stay at work planning and implementation, in the context of disability prevention. Condition-specific chapters detail best return to work and stay at work practices across diverse medical and psychological diagnoses, from musculoskeletal disorders to cancer, from TBI to PTSD. The resulting collection bridges the gap between research evidence and practice and gives readers necessary information from a range of critical perspectives. Among the featured topics: Understanding motivation to return to work: economy of gains and losses. Overcoming barriers to return to work: behavioral and cultural change. Program evaluation in return to work: an integrative framework. Working with stakeholders in return to work processes. Return to work after major limb loss. Improving work outcomes among cancer survivors. Return to work among women with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. The Handbook of Return to Work is an invaluable, unique and comprehensive resource for health, rehabilitation, clinical, counselling and industrial psychologists, rehabilitation specialists, occupational and physical therapists, family and primary care physicians, psychiatrists and physical medicine and rehabilitation as well as occupational medicine specialists, case and disability managers and human resource professionals. Academics and researchers across these fields will also find expert guidance and direction in these pages. It is an essential reading for all return to work and stay at work stakeholders.

Download or read book Evaluating Ohio s Injured Workers for Vocational Rehabilitation Utilizing the Menninger Return to Work Scale written by John Harry Tooson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Predicting the return to work for individuals who have become disabled has been an area under investigation for vocational rehabilitation for several years. For the workers' compensation programs, the infusion of vocational rehabilitation programs add a different and significant problem for industrially injured workers. The vocational rehabilitation programs under these agencies were created to work with a specialized group of individuals who have a greater opportunity to return to work because of their unique work experience. Workers' compensation industrial vocational rehabilitation face the same issues as does the state-federal vocational rehabilitation system, and that is how to determine allocation of funding for appropriate vocational rehabilitation services to increase successful outcomes. In conjunction with the issue of allocation is the predictability of a successful outcome. The Menninger Return to Work Scale (MRTWS) was created from a sample of long-term disability clients. Utilizing specific variables, a determination as to the likelihood of an individual returning to work or not returning to work, can be developed. In this study, an evaluation of the scale2s practical application to the Ohio Workers2 Compensation system was examined. The variables of age, disability, marital status, area of residence, gender, type of employer, length of time in rehabilitation program, attorney representation, wage replacement, were studied to determine their impact on the return to work. The Chi-square test and the t-Test were used to determine if differences exist between the return to work group and the non-return to work group. The return to work group and the non-return to work group were found to be not significantly different for each variable in the study. The scale created for Ohio Bureau of Worker2s Compensation clients will provide some justification for the decisions made with regard to entering a client into a vocational rehabilitation program and in determining the level of support that will be necessary to bring the case to a positive resolution. Other uses for the scale are explored and recommendations are made for other possible studies to enhance the use of the Menninger Return to Work Scale.

Download or read book Facilitating Injured Workers Return to Work written by David Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to determine if the time an injured worker received temporary disability could be reduced by having the treating physician review a job analysis. Job analyses are customized job descriptions that include the precise physical and mental demands of a specific job. Following the job analysis comparison, age, attorney involvement, direct personal contact with a counselor and body part were examined to determine if those variables could predict disability time as well. A total of 101 injured workers in the construction, logging, oil and gas, structural moving and water well drilling industries were included in the study. All subjects suffered a compensable work injury and had missed at least one week of work. Fifty of the workers had a job analysis performed on their particular job and presented to their respective treating physicians. Fifty-one workers had no job analysis performed and the mean time of disability, in weeks, was compared. Workers over age 49 who had a job analysis presented to their treating physician received significantly fewer weeks of disability than those without a job analysis. A job analysis did not have a significant influence with workers under age 50 however; several limitations of this study may help explain the lack of significance. Other variables were then explored to determine their correlation with time on disability. An injured worker represented by an attorney remained on disability significantly longer than a worker not represented by an attorney. Workers under age 50 who had direct personal contact with a rehabilitation counselor received significantly fewer weeks of disability than those without direct personal contact with a counselor. Injuries to the upper extremity (e.g. shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand or fingers) led to significantly less time on disability when compared to injuries to other body parts.

Download or read book Returning to Work written by Jeffrey S. Harris and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of Complex Occupational Disability Claims written by Izabela Z. Schultz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-06-14 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic back and neck pain. Whiplash. Fibromyalgia. Carpal tunnel syndrome. Intractable headaches. Depression. Anxiety and posttraumatic stress. Concussion. More than ever, the term workplace disabilities is synonymous with greater clinical and case management complexity and escalating personal, social, occupational and economic cost. Complex illnesses and injuries that defy a traditional medical management model continue to baffle medical, mental health, rehabilitation, compensation, corporate, and legal professionals despite new advances in diagnosis, prevention, and rehabilitation. The Handbook of Complex Occupational Disability Claims: Early Risk Identification, Intervention and Prevention cuts through the confusion by integrating current theories and findings into a state-of-the-art tool for critical thinking, decision making, and effective practice. A book that synthesizes so many diverse viewpoints has the potential to influence both policy and practice across disciplines and cut through politicization of these still poorly understood conditions with evidence. The Handbook is important reading for all clinicians, professionals, and members of rehabilitation and disability management teams, across healthcare, occupational and compensation settings.

Download or read book Predicting Vocational Outcomes of Injured Workers written by John Farrington Dodson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Recording and Notification of Occupational Accidents and Diseases written by International Labour Office and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Proposed Study to Predict Postoperative Outcome and Malingering in Workers Compensation Patients Using the Occupational Stress Inventory written by Morgan Friedman Wolin and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper proposes a research study to examine occupational stress as a predictor of postoperative outcome and malingering among Workers' Compensation patients. The study will use a convenience sample of 120 Workers' Compensation patients who are scheduled to have arthroscopic thermal capsular shift surgery performed for their shoulder injuries. Before undergoing the surgery, patients will complete (a) an informed consent form; {b) the Occupational Stress Inventory (OSI; Osipow, 1994); (c) the Health Status Questionnaire 2.0, which will be used to measure participants' self-reported pain (HSQ 2.0; Health Outcomes Institute, 1993); and (d) a 5-point item used to measure patients' degree of satisfaction with their treatment. These measures will be administered again approximately 6 months after the operation. At this 6-month follow-up, attending physicians will complete a rating scale on patient's likelihood of malingering; data on the number of weeks it takes patients to return to work after their surgery will also be collected. Linear regression analyses will be used to test the six hypotheses. Anticipated results are described and a discussion of the expected findings is provided.

Download or read book Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-03-26 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mirroring a worldwide phenomenon in industrialized nations, the U.S. is experiencing a change in its demographic structure known as population aging. Concern about the aging population tends to focus on the adequacy of Medicare and Social Security, retirement of older Americans, and the need to identify policies, programs, and strategies that address the health and safety needs of older workers. Older workers differ from their younger counterparts in a variety of physical, psychological, and social factors. Evaluating the extent, causes, and effects of these factors and improving the research and data systems necessary to address the health and safety needs of older workers may significantly impact both their ability to remain in the workforce and their well being in retirement. Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers provides an image of what is currently known about the health and safety needs of older workers and the research needed to encourage social polices that guarantee older workers a meaningful share of the nation's work opportunities.

Download or read book Defining Measuring and Predicting Return to Work in Florida written by Kay Harris and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Comprehensive Guide to Work Injury Management written by Susan J. Isernhagen and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features the latest approaches to help you create a safe wor kplace, avoid injury, and return the injured worker to the job. This t imely resource provides updates on the practical, cost-effective appro aches that produce measurable outcomes. Readers will learn how to appl y the latest techniques for early intervention and prevention. Ergonom ics, functional testing and measurement, carpal tunnel syndrome, and b ack injuries, and a wide range of state-of-the-art approaches are show cased in a single volume. See how to comply with OSHA and ADA requirem ents, conduct outcome studies, and much more!

Download or read book Predicting which Disabled Employees Will Return to Work written by Edward J. Hester and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: