Work-related outcome assessment instruments

Patient-based outcome assessment instruments in acupuncture research.

BACKGROUND Outcome assessment can support the therapeutic process by providing a way to track symptoms and functionality over time, providing insights to clinicians and patients, as well as offering a common language to discuss patient behavior/functioning. OBJECTIVES In this article, we examine the patient-based outcome assessment (PBOA) instruments that have been used to determine outcomes ...

Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Assessment and Prevention

The World Health Organization (WHO), recognizing the impact of ‘work-related’ musculoskeletal diseases, has characterized WMSD s as multifactorial, indicating that a number of risk factors contribute to and exacerbate these maladies (Sauter et al., 1993). The presence of these risk factors produced increases in the occurrence of these injuries, thus making WMSD s an international health concern...

Routine administration of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and needs assessment instruments to improve psychological outcome--a systematic review.

BACKGROUND Routine administration of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and needs assessment instruments has been advocated as part of clinical care to aid the recognition of psychosocial problems, to inform clinical decision making, to monitor therapeutic response and to facilitate patient-doctor communication. However, their adoption is not without cost and the benefit of their use is unc...

Work limitations in the outcome assessment of rheumatoid arthritis.

Outcome of work-related asthma exacerbations in Quebec and Ontario.

There are differences in the management of workers with work-related asthma within Canadian provinces. In Quebec, the compensation of a case of occupational asthma is usually based on the positivity of a specific inhalation challenge, whereas in Ontario, the diagnosis is usually based on serial peak expiratory flow (PEF), provocative methacholine concentration causing a 20% decrease in forced e...