ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2014
Clients' and RTW experts' view on the utility of FCE for the assessment of physical work ability, prognosis for work participation and advice on return to work.
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- Updating the Evidence on Functional Capacity Evaluation Methods: A Systematic Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Pooled it
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- Functional Capacity Evaluation Research: Report from the Second International Functional Capacity Evaluation Research Meeting.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Experts opinion on the use of normative data for functional capacity evaluation in occupational and rehabilitation medicine and disability claims.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2014Article
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Abstract
purposeTo describe clients' and experts' view on the utility of functional capacity evaluation (FCE) for the assessment of physical work ability, prognosis for work participation and advice on return to work (RTW).
methodsSemi-structured telephone interviews were performed with fourteen clients and fifteen RTW experts. Qualitative data were analysed independently by two researchers. The codes were compared and combined in higher-order topics until consensus was reached by three researchers.
resultsFor the assessment of physical work ability, FCE was found useful according to both groups, because it provided an overview of the physical abilities. Clients indicated that FCE confirmed and/or altered their view on their work ability. RTW experts were able to verify consistency between verbal information and performance of the client. For making a prognosis of work participation, only RTW experts found FCE useful. For the advice on RTW, both groups found FCE useful. The RTW trajectory could be clearly outlined. Both groups indicated that clients felt they were being taken seriously by performing FCE.
conclusionsClients and RTW experts indicated FCE as being useful for the assessment of physical work ability and advice on RTW. Only RTW experts indicated FCE as being useful for making a prognosis for work participation.
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