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Computer Use Patterns Associated with Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Symptoms
Introduction Over half of surveyed college students are experiencing pain they are attributing to computer use. The study objective was to evaluate the effect of computing patterns on upp...
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Disability Management Practices in Ontario Health Care Workplaces
Background: Workplace disability management programs are important in managing injury and disability. Methods: A stratified random sample of 188 employers in health care workplaces (71 ho...
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Workplace Organizational Policies and Practices in Ontario Educational Facilities
Background: Workplace organizational policies and practices (OPPs) play a pivotal role in managing injury and disability. This study identifies the workplace OPPs in Ontario’s education sector. Methods: OPPs were...
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Assessing a conceptual framework of health-related quality of life in a HIV/AIDS population
With the recognition of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) as an important outcome in the course of HIV-disease, it is important to gain a better understanding of the complex relationships among the variou...
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Management and Employee Agreement on Reports of Organizational Policies and Practices Important in Return to Work Following Carpal Tunnel Surgery
This study’s purpose was to assess the agreement between management and employee ratings of organizational policies and practices (OPP) involved in the return to work process following carpal tunnel surgery. A...
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Evidence-Based Care for Depression in Maine: Dissemination of the Kaiser Permanente Nurse TeleCare Program
This paper describes the program model, implementation and preliminary results from a dissemination of a nurse case management program for treating depression in primary care. The program design was modeled af...
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Employer, Physical Therapist, and Employee Outcomes in the Management of Work-Related Upper Extremity Disorders
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among employer, provider, and patient outcome measures and how they are related to clinical factors and other occupation-related factors. Data were...
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Measuring the Impact of Organizational Behaviors on Work Disability Prevention and Management
Increased rates of work disability and its associated costs have prompted businesses to develop innovative approaches to managing the health and productivity of the work force. The paper 1) provides practition...
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Cross-Cultural Use of Measurements
In recent years, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures are rapidly becoming standard tools for evaluating clinical effectiveness in patients and for assessing health status in populations (Guillein, ...