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Document ID (ISN)69645
CIS number 97-1721
ISSN - Serial title 0962-7480 - Occupational Medicine
Year 1997
Convention or series no.
Author(s) van der Weide W.E., et al.
Title An audit of occupational health care for employees with low-back pain
Bibliographic information July 1997, Vol.47, No.5, p.294-300. 25 ref.
Abstract Guidelines for the occupational rehabilitation of workers with low-back pain were developed, and criteria for good practice in occupational rehabilitation were formulated on the basis of these guidelines. The criteria were subsequently used in an audit of the medical records of 40 workers with low-back pain. The number of patients who received care consistent with the guidelines was compared with the number of patients eligible to receive that kind of care (performance rate). Performance rates were measured for 6 rehabilitation procedures and ranged from 21% to 90%. The method is recommended as a means of auditing and improving the quality of occupational rehabilitation.
Descriptors (primary) backache; rehabilitation
Descriptors (secondary) programme evaluation; Netherlands
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceNetherlands
Subject(s) Occupational physiology
Broad subject area(s) Physiology, ergonomics
Browse category(ies) Rehabilitiation
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system