2009
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0457
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Vocational rehabilitation: An educational review

Abstract: The aim of this review is to describe aspects of vocational rehabilitation relevant for a physician aiming to become a specialist in physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM). The review discusses the epidemiology of incapacity for work, the major patient groups in vocational rehabilitation (musculoskeletal and psychiatric diagnoses comprise approximately 50-70% of the patients), the influence of different kinds of environmental and individual risk factors on work resumption (such as the legal framework, appl… Show more

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“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of VOMR with respect to reducing the risk of long-term work disability and the risk of non-return to work attributed to medical conditions in general and separately due to musculoskeletal or mental disorders, the two most prevalent and significant causes of work disability in most European countries (30). To our knowledge, our study is the first attempt to investigate the effectiveness of primary prevention of work disability among a low-risk cohort of employees in a large prospective study using controls matched by their propensity score to minimize comparison bias.…”
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“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of VOMR with respect to reducing the risk of long-term work disability and the risk of non-return to work attributed to medical conditions in general and separately due to musculoskeletal or mental disorders, the two most prevalent and significant causes of work disability in most European countries (30). To our knowledge, our study is the first attempt to investigate the effectiveness of primary prevention of work disability among a low-risk cohort of employees in a large prospective study using controls matched by their propensity score to minimize comparison bias.…”
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“…55 The control group of vocational rehabilitation used in the SE literature is described in a review. 56 The reintegration literature did not find interventions that improved employment in patients with substance use disorders 57 or those with mood or anxiety disorders. 58 Also included were 3 new studies of veterans.…”
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confidence: 98%
“…This was mostly due to the participant's lack of exposure to paper based activities as most of the participants were manual labourers prior to their injury (worked practically with their hands, did not engage in clerical related tasks). Chamberlain, Mosser, Ekholm, O'Connor, Herceg and Ekholm [24] described work to be the most important aspect of the human life span. Work is an important aspect of how people define themselves.…”
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confidence: 99%