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inAmerican Journal of Occupational Therapy > Vol. 65/4 (juillet-août 2011) . - p. 445-452

Titre :	Use of job-specific functional capacity evaluation to predict the return to work of patients with a distal radius fracture
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Andy S. K. CHENG ; Stella W. C. CHENG
Année de publication :	2011
Article en page(s) :	p. 445-452
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	Membre supérieur  Evaluation  Valeur prédictive  Reprise travail  Aptitude travail
Résumé :	OBJECTIVE. We examined the predictive validity of a job-specific functional capacity evaluation (FCE) in relation to the return to work of patients with a distal radius fracture. METHOD. Return-to-work recommendations for 194 participants with a distal radius fracture were based on FCE performance. Three months after the evaluation, participants were contacted to ascertain their employment status to examine the predictive validity of each FCE-based rating. RESULTS. The recommendation return to previous job (94.83%) was correct more often than the recommendations do not work at the moment (60.47%), change job (52.63%), and return to previous job with modifications (9.38%). A longer period from injury to FCE and compensable injury reduces the predictive ability of job-specific FCE. CONCLUSION. Job-specific FCE shows a better predictive validity in relation to the return to work of patients with a specific injury, such as a distal radius fracture, than of patients with a nonspecific injury.
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[article] Use of job-specific functional capacity evaluation to predict the return to work of patients with a distal radius fracture [texte imprimé] / Andy S. K. CHENG ; Stella W. C. CHENG . - 2011 . - p. 445-452.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in American Journal of Occupational Therapy > Vol. 65/4 (juillet-août 2011) . - p. 445-452

Mots-clés :	Membre supérieur  Evaluation  Valeur prédictive  Reprise travail  Aptitude travail
Résumé :	OBJECTIVE. We examined the predictive validity of a job-specific functional capacity evaluation (FCE) in relation to the return to work of patients with a distal radius fracture. METHOD. Return-to-work recommendations for 194 participants with a distal radius fracture were based on FCE performance. Three months after the evaluation, participants were contacted to ascertain their employment status to examine the predictive validity of each FCE-based rating. RESULTS. The recommendation return to previous job (94.83%) was correct more often than the recommendations do not work at the moment (60.47%), change job (52.63%), and return to previous job with modifications (9.38%). A longer period from injury to FCE and compensable injury reduces the predictive ability of job-specific FCE. CONCLUSION. Job-specific FCE shows a better predictive validity in relation to the return to work of patients with a specific injury, such as a distal radius fracture, than of patients with a nonspecific injury.
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