SynthesisThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2013
Vocational rehabilitation for enhancing return-to-work in workers with traumatic upper limb injuries.
Synthesis in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Vocational rehabilitation for enhancing return-to-work in workers with traumatic upper limb injuries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Occupational advice to help people return to work following lower limb arthroplasty: the OPAL intervention mapping study.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Trial
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- A data set for the design and implementation of the upper limb disability registry.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
- Patient-reported factors influencing return to work after joint replacement.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2016Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundTraumatic upper limb injury is a leading cause of work-related disability. After return-to-work (RTW), many survivors of injuries are able to regain a quality of life (QoL) comparable with the normal population. Since RTW plays an important role in economic productivity and regaining health-related QoL, enhancing RTW in workers with traumatic limb injuries is the primary goal of rehabilitation. Vocational rehabilitation has been adapted in the field of occupational safety and health to enhance the number of injured people returning to the labour market, prevent illness, increase well-being, and reduce disability.
objectivesTo assess the effects of vocational rehabilitation programs in enhancing RTW of workers with traumatic upper limb injuries. SEARCH
methodsWe searched OSH UPDATE databases (CISDOC, HSELINE, International Bibliographic, NIOSHTIC, NIOSHTIC-2, RILOSH) (up to 10 December 2012), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (2012, Issue 11), MEDLINE through PubMed (up to 15 November 2012), EMBASE (up to 28 November 2012), CINAHL (up to 5 May 2013), PsycINFO (up to 7 December 2012), and handsearched the reference lists of relevant review articles. SELECTION CRITERIA: We aimed to include all randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing vocational rehabilitation with an alternative (control) intervention such as standard rehabilitation, an incomplete form of the vocational rehabilitation intervention (such as with limited advice on RTW, referral information, or liaison with employer), or waiting-list controls. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two authors independently inspected abstracts and we obtained full papers when necessary. When the two authors disagreed about the inclusion of a study, we resolved disagreements by discussion. A third author arbitrated when necessary. MAIN
resultsOur search identified 332 citations. Based on assessments of their titles and abstracts, we decided to evaluate the full texts of 15 citations. In the end, none of these 15 citations met our inclusion criteria. AUTHORS'
conclusionsThere is currently no high-level evidence to support or refute the efficacy of vocational rehabilitation in enhancing RTW in workers with traumatic upper limb injuries. Since vocational rehabilitation has frequently been provided to injured people in occupational settings with the aim of decreasing work disability, enhancing RTW, increasing productivity, and containing the welfare cost, further high-quality RCTs assessing the efficacy of vocational rehabilitation for workers with traumatic upper limb injury are needed to fill this gap in knowledge.
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