Work capacity evaluation among nursing aides [PDF]
Work force aging generates the need to develop studied with the purpose to evaluate work capacity. The objective of this study was to analyze the work capacity of the nursing aides of a public health institute.
Maria Silvia Monteiro +3 more
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An instrument for quality assurance in work capacity evaluation: development, evaluation, and inter-rater reliability [PDF]
Background Employees insured in pension insurance, who are incapable of working due to ill health, are entitled to a disability pension. To assess whether an individual meets the medical requirements to be considered as disabled, a work capacity ...
André Strahl +5 more
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The reproducibility of structured functional assessments in a social security setting: a pre-specified explanatory analysis of the RELY-studies [PDF]
IntroductionLimitations in work capacity (WC) need to be quantified in a transparent and reproducible way when insurers of social security decide whether an individual is entitled to disability benefits and to what extent.
Regina Kunz +7 more
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The impact of altered hands function on working ability of patients with systemic sclerosis [PDF]
Background/Aim. Hand impairment in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients is the most frequent manifestation of this progressive disease and often cause problems in daily activities and working ability.
Vidaković Predrag, Damjanov Nemanja
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Quality of life and the work capacity of professional nursing staff in the hospital environment
This study aimed to evaluate the association between life quality and the work capacity of nursing professionals in a public hospital of the public health system.
Cicylia Silveira de Lima +8 more
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Functional and work capacity evaluation issues [PDF]
Functional capacity evaluation (FCE) may be defined as a systematic, comprehensive, and objective measurement of an individual's maximum abilities (ADL or work). The effect of the examinee's impairment on his or her ability to perform purposeful tasks is the focus of functional and/or work capacity evaluation (FCE/WCE).
Warren T, Jahn +2 more
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IntroductionThe International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health is the WHO coding scheme for functioning-related data. Clear and unambiguous information regarding patients' work-related disabilities is important not only for the ...
Magdalena Fresk +8 more
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Afecções crônicas, incluindo neoplasias, representam sério problema de saúde pública por causarem incapacidade, absenteísmo e afastamento de trabalhadores.
Cristiane Helena Gallasch +2 more
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Assessing work capacity – reviewing the what and how of physicians’ clinical practice
Background Although a main task in the sickness certification process, physicians’ clinical practice when assessing work capacity has not been thoroughly described.
P. Nordling +3 more
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Comprehensive Physical Work Capacity Evaluations for Korean Farmers Assessed in Healthy Volunteers [PDF]
Objective To establish the lower limits of normative values of the physical work capacity for Korean farmers in healthy working individual. Methods We developed a comprehensive set of physical work capacity evaluation items that encompass common farming ...
Seungsu Jeong +3 more
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