Trial reportOccupational and environmental medicine1999
Relation between indicators for quality of occupational rehabilitation of employees with low back pain.
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- Workplace interventions to prevent work disability in workers on sick leave.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Prognostic factors of long term disability due to mental disorders: a systematic review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2011Pooled it
- Comparison of risk factors predicting return to work between patients with subacute and chronic non-specific low back pain: systematic review.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2009Pooled it
- Prognostic factors for duration of sick leave in patients sick listed with acute low back pain: a systematic review of the literature.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2005Pooled it
- Assessment of prognosis by physicians involved in work disability evaluation: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2019Trial
- Design of a randomized controlled trial on the effects of counseling of mental health problems by occupational physicians on return to work: the CO-OP-study.BMC public health · 2007Trial
- A multidisciplinary job retention vocational rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic rheumatic diseases: patients' and occupational physicians' satisfaction.Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2004Trial
- The Association of Physiotherapy Continuity of Care with Duration of Time Loss Among Compensated Australian Workers with Low Back Pain.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- A quality indicator set for use in rehabilitation team care of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases; development and pilot testing.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Evidence-based guidelines in the evaluation of work disability: an international survey and a comparison of quality of development.BMC public health · 2009Article
- Changes in the incidence of occupational disability as a result of back and neck pain in the Netherlands.BMC public health · 2006Article
- Does enhanced information exchange between social insurance physicians and occupational physicians improve patient work resumption? A controlled intervention study.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2006Article
- Return to work expectation predicts work in chronic musculoskeletal and behavioral health disorders: prospective study with clinical implications.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2006Article
- Prognostic factors for duration of sick leave due to low-back pain in dutch health care professionals.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2005Article
- Patient satisfaction with occupational health physicians, development of a questionnaire.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2005Article
- Quality of rehabilitation among workers with adjustment disorders according to practice guidelines; a retrospective cohort study.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2003Article
- Return to work of cancer survivors: a prospective cohort study into the quality of rehabilitation by occupational physicians.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2003Article
- Ineffective disability management by doctors is an obstacle for return-to-work: a cohort study on low back pain patients sicklisted for 3-4 months.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2002Article
- Job stress, fatigue, and job dissatisfaction in Dutch lorry drivers: towards an occupation specific model of job demands and control.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2002Article
- Consumer satisfaction with occupational health services: should it be measured?Occupational and environmental medicine · 2001Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess if the implementation of guidelines for occupational rehabilitation of patients with low back pain by means of process variables--a set of objective criteria for technical performance and continuity of care--led to a better outcome in clinical and return to work variables.
methodsThe study group consisted of 59 patients with at least 10 days of sick leave because of low back pain. Univariate analyses as well as multiple logistic regression and Cox's regression analyses were performed to assess the relation between quality of care and outcome.
resultsProcess indicators for technical competence, continuity of care, and total performance were all significantly related to satisfaction of employees. Continuity of care and total performance were significantly related to working status at 3 months, and time to return to work. None of the process indicators was related to pain or disability after 3 months follow up. Satisfaction was not related to any of the other outcome variables. This indicates that if guidelines for occupational rehabilitation are met, outcome is better.
conclusionQuality of the process of care was related to outcome. Interventions of occupational physicians need improvement in the areas of continuity of care and communication with treating physicians. The effectiveness of an improved intervention should be studied in a subsequent randomised clinical trial.
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