BACKGROUND Although North American hospitals are switching from tuberculin testing (TST) to interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs), data are limited on the association between occupational exposure and serial QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT) results in healthcare workers (HCWs). METHODS In a cohort of Canadian HCWs, TST and QFT were performed at study enrolment (TST1 and QFT1) and 1 year la...

The aim of the present study was to profile a multidimensional response to pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Dyspnoea, exercise performance, health status, mood status and problematic activities of daily life were assessed before and after a 40-session pulmonary rehabilitation programme in 2068 patients with COPD (mean forced expiratory volum...

Within the Canadian Department of National Defence, a prototype civilian workforce simulation model was developed for the modelling and analysis of one particular occupational group, the Purchasing and Supply (PG) Group. The model was developed to explore workforce modelling techniques for the civilian workforce with the intention of potentially modifying it for analyses of other occupational g...

The objectives of this survey were to identify the practice patterns of Canadian physicians working in the field of occupational medicine and to determine whether the type of certification influences the nature of the work they perform in the field. An Internet-based survey was conducted in September 2015 of members of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Association of Canada. Eighty-si...

Selecting individuals who are the right “fit” for correctional work is not an easy task prison administrators because of dangerous nature and centrality employees in prisoner’s rehabilitation process. We analyze fitness from employee’s perspective, complementing scholarship focused on employer’s view. measure occupational terms co-worker expectations, analyzing 104 semi-structured interviews co...

2022 veröffentlichte der kanadische Ergotherapieverband das Canadian Model of Occupational Participation (CanMOP). Dabei handelt es sich um ein neues Inhaltsmodell, die Betätigungsperformanz von Individuen und Gemeinschaften in den Mittelpunkt stellt.

MÉLANIE CYR,1 YVES LEPAGE,2 CHARLES BLAIS, JR.,1 NICOLE GERVAIS,1 MASSIMO CUGNO,3 JEAN-LUCIEN ROULEAU,4 AND ALBERT ADAM1 1Faculté de Pharmacie, 2Faculté des Arts et des Sciences, Département de Mathématiques et Statistique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada H3C 3J7; 3Department of Internal Medicine, University of Milan, Milano 20122 Italy; and 4University Health Network, Toronto General ...

[Purpose] The purpose of this research is to take a look at the influences of client-centered therapy on the level of everyday life performance, the level of satisfaction, and the quality of life of the chronic stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] This research used client-centered therapy with two chronic stroke and hemiplegia patients as subjects. The therapy was carried out once a day, fi...

The importance of visual perception, motor coordination and integration (VMI) skills for school achievements has been shown in various studies. Cognitive orientation to daily occupational performance or CO-OP is an evidence-based approach that effective children with developmental disorder autism spectrum. present study evaluated the effect improving VMI learning disability. Sample 58 were incl...