Mapping first-line health care providers' roles, practices, and impacts on care for workers with compensable musculoskeletal disorders in four jurisdictions: A critical interpretive synthesis.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:First-line health care providers are the primary access point for workers' benefits. However, little is known about their impact on quality of care and return-to-work. Our objective was to critically compare literature on the practices of first-line providers for workers with musculoskeletal injuries in Ontario and Quebec (Canada), Washington State (United States), and Victoria (Australia). METHODS:A critical interpretive synthesis of peer-reviewed scientific literature was conducted. The search across six databases yielded 59 relevant publications that were critically appraised. RESULTS:Three themes emerged: 1) how policies about first-line health care providers' modulate worker access to care, 2) how these providers' roles, practices, and training shape disability management, and 3) how the quality of care and disability outcomes are evaluated. CONCLUSIONS:First-line health care providers have a critical influence on workers' trajectories of care. A focus on their role while taking the complexity of the context into account will help orient future policy changes.

journal_name

Am J Ind Med

authors

Hudon A,Lippel K,MacEachen E

doi

10.1002/ajim.22972

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-07-01 00:00:00

pages

545-558

issue

7

eissn

0271-3586

issn

1097-0274

journal_volume

62

pub_type

杂志文章,评审
  • Traumatic occupational fatalities in the U.S. and Australian construction industries.

    abstract::The occupational injury experience of the U.S. and Australian construction industries for 1988-1991 was compared to identify similarities and differences in risk and to share information vital for planning strategies for prevention. There were 4,158 deaths in the U.S. and 264 in the Australian construction industries....

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199608)30:2<202::AID-AJIM1

    authors: Ore T,Stout NA

    更新日期:1996-08-01 00:00:00

  • Reliability of data from next-of-kin: results from a case-control study of occupational and lifestyle risk factors for cancer.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Use of surrogate responders often needs to be considered in case-control studies with a high case fatality. METHODS:Agreement between 98 colon cancer patients and their closest relative was expressed as a percentage of the exact agreement and by Kappa coefficients and intra-class correlation coefficients. ...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.10266

    authors: Kaerlev L,Lynge E,Sabroe S,Olsen J

    更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00

  • Development of an upper extremity outcome measure: the DASH (disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand) [corrected]. The Upper Extremity Collaborative Group (UECG)

    abstract::This paper describes the development of an evaluative outcome measure for patients with upper extremity musculoskeletal conditions. The goal is to produce a brief, self-administered measure of symptoms and functional status, with a focus on physical function, to be used by clinicians in daily practice and as a researc...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199606)29:6<602::AID-AJIM4

    authors: Hudak PL,Amadio PC,Bombardier C

    更新日期:1996-06-01 00:00:00

  • How to engage small retail businesses in workplace violence prevention: Perspectives from small businesses and influential organizations.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Small retail businesses experience high robbery and violent crime rates leading to injury and death. Workplace violence prevention programs (WVPP) based on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design reduce this risk, but low small business participation limits their effectiveness. Recent dissemination mod...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.22436

    authors: Bruening RA,Strazza K,Nocera M,Peek-Asa C,Casteel C

    更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00

  • An investigation of the effect of paternal occupation group at conception on birth weight and gestational age. ALSPAC Study Team of Pregnancy and Childhood.

    abstract::The occupational histories of fathers were collected prospectively as part of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ALSPAC), and were used to investigate the association of paternal job title with a baby's birth weight and gestational age. The analysis cohort consisted of 4,795 singleton live-born ba...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199706)31:6<738::aid-ajim1

    authors: Shea KM,Farrow A,Little R

    更新日期:1997-06-01 00:00:00

  • Dust levels in an asbestos-cement factory: problem solving.

    abstract::Isasbest Ltd., an asbestos-cement factory in Israel, has established dust-preventive measures, maintained high ecological and medical standards, and assisted afflicted workers suffering from asbestos-related diseases. The problems of the handling of asbestos and its relationship to health should be approached accordin...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.4700100509

    authors: Sharon A

    更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00

  • Fatal asthma from powdering shark cartilage and review of fatal occupational asthma literature.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Work-related asthma (WRA) is the most common work-associated respiratory disease in developed countries. METHOD:We report shark cartilage dust as a new potential cause of occupational asthma (OA) in the context of other fatal OA case reports. RESULTS:A 38-year-old white male worked for 8 years in a facilit...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1002/ajim.10088

    authors: Ortega HG,Kreiss K,Schill DP,Weissman DN

    更新日期:2002-07-01 00:00:00

  • Carpal tunnel syndrome: validation of an interview questionnaire on occupational exposure.

    abstract::The objectives of this study were 1) to summarize in a clinically meaningful way information on occupational risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), and 2) to test a questionnaire on risk factors that could be used by physicians with their patients. For the two objectives, a systematic literature review was per...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199803)33:3<224::aid-ajim3

    authors: Rossignol M,Patry L,Sacks S

    更新日期:1998-03-01 00:00:00

  • Asbestos-induced visceral pleural fibrosis reduces pulmonary compliance.

    abstract::To determine the nature of respiratory functional impairment caused by asbestos-induced visceral pleural fibrosis (VPF) and to discover which pulmonary physiological variable best reveals it, we examined 59 asbestos-exposed construction workers having asbestos-related changes on chest radiographs. Computed tomography ...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.4700280306

    authors: Valkila EH,Nieminen MM,Moilanen AK,Kuusisto PA,Lahdensuo AH,Karvonen JI

    更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00

  • Prevalence of type II workplace violence among home healthcare workers: A meta-analysis.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Home healthcare workers (HHWs) provide medical and nonmedical services to home-bound patients. They are at great risk of experiencing violence perpetrated by patients (type II violence). Establishing the reliable prevalence of such violence and identifying vulnerable subgroups are essential in enhancing HHWs...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1002/ajim.23095

    authors: Byon HD,Lee M,Choi M,Sagherian K,Crandall M,Lipscomb J

    更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00

  • Incidence of tuberculosis and HIV and progression of silicosis and lung function impairment among former Basotho gold miners.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Pulmonary tuberculosis and HIV incidence, mortality, and the progression of silicosis and lung function impairment are described over a 1-year period in migrant ex-gold miners from Lesotho. METHODS:Seven hundred seventy-nine Basotho miners were followed for 1 year starting 18 months after lay-off from a Sou...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.20767

    authors: Park HH,Girdler-Brown BV,Churchyard GJ,White NW,Ehrlich RI

    更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00

  • Injuries due to assaults on psychiatric hospital employees in Washington State.

    abstract::In order to estimate rates and identify risk factors for assaults on employees of a state psychiatric hospital, we examined workers' compensation claims, hospital-recorded incident reports, and data collected in a survey of ward staff. Results revealed 13.8 workers' compensation claims due to assault per 100 employees...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199701)31:1<92::aid-ajim14

    authors: Bensley L,Nelson N,Kaufman J,Silverstein B,Kalat J,Shields JW

    更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00

  • Subclinical neurophysiological effects of lead: A review on peripheral, central, and autonomic nervous system effects in lead workers.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:The peripheral nerve conduction velocity (NCV), distribution of nerve conduction velocities (DCV), somatosensory, visual, and brainstem auditory evoked potentials (SEP, VEP, and BAEP, respectively), event-related potential (P300), computerized static posturography with spectral analysis (postural balance), a...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(200002)37:2<193::aid-ajim5

    authors: Araki S,Sato H,Yokoyama K,Murata K

    更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00

  • Intrapulmonary lymph nodes in South African miners--an autopsy survey.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Knowledge on intrapulmonary lymph nodes (IPLNs) is still limited. Progress in imaging techniques has enabled easier, more frequent visualization of IPLNs so that a more comprehensive understanding of these nodes is necessary. METHODS:Microscopic slides of lung tissue from 2,337 dust-exposed South African mi...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.20436

    authors: Honma K,Nelson G,Murray J

    更新日期:2007-04-01 00:00:00

  • Action on worksite health and safety problems: a follow-up survey of workers participating in a hazardous waste worker training program.

    abstract::In it's worker health and safety training program, the California-Arizona Consortium aims to promote worker action to improve health and safety conditions. To assess action on worker-identified health and safety problems, 278 trainees were interviewed 3-8 months after training. Associations with three outcomes were an...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199612)30:6<730::AID-AJIM1

    authors: Cole BL,Brown MP

    更新日期:1996-12-01 00:00:00

  • Serum levels of pantropic p53 protein and EGF-receptor, and detection of anti-p53 antibodies in former uranium miners (SDAG Wismut).

    abstract:BACKGROUND:The oncogene product EGF-receptor (EGF-R), the tumor suppressor gene product p53, and anti-p53 antibodies are detectable in serum of certain cancer patients. Increased levels of some of these products were reported in lung cancer patients after occupational asbestos exposure, after exposure to polycyclic aro...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究

    doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199912)36:6<602::aid-ajim2

    authors: Schneider J,Presek P,Braun A,Woitowitz HJ

    更新日期:1999-12-01 00:00:00

  • Surveillance of pregnancy loss in human populations.

    abstract::Surveillance of pregnancy loss as a way to detect hazardous exposures is attractive in principle. However, there are no established methods for monitoring pregnancy loss in humans. Surveillance is difficult because most loss occurs within the first 12 weeks of gestation, when pregnancy may not be documented or even re...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:

    authors: Wilcox AJ

    更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00

  • Child and adolescent injury in the United States: how occupational injuries fit in.

    abstract::Injury is the leading cause of death in adolescence, with the highest rates for 15- to 19-year-olds, an age span also marked, for many, by entry into the workforce. Occupational injuries affecting youth occur in the context of the larger problem of injury affecting children and adolescents. An understanding of the bro...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.4700240307

    authors: Christoffel KK

    更新日期:1993-09-01 00:00:00

  • The economic burden of carpal tunnel syndrome: long-term earnings of CTS claimants in Washington State.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:The long-term earnings losses borne by injured workers, beyond those covered by workers' compensation insurance, are rarely estimated. The post-claim earnings of a cohort of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) claimants are tracked over a period of 6 years and compared to the earnings of claimants with either upper...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.20430

    authors: Foley M,Silverstein B,Polissar N

    更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00

  • Worker notification: lessons from the past.

    abstract::The methodological choices being made in current worker notification programs are influenced in both obvious and subtle ways by certain ground-breaking notifications carried out during the 1970s and 1980s. A lore has built up concerning these cases. Their names are heavy with implied meaning. As worker notification ga...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.4700230104

    authors: Needleman C

    更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00

  • Occupational airway sensitizers: an overview on the respective literature.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Worldwide, there is rigorous scientific activity concerning the further development of work safety regulations involving airway-sensitizing substances. Technical directives on hazardous substances are enforced in several countries and are being continuously updated. The European Union has established a code ...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1002/1097-0274(200008)38:2<164::aid-ajim7>3.0.c

    authors: van Kampen V,Merget R,Baur X

    更新日期:2000-08-01 00:00:00

  • Reported occupational respiratory diseases in three Spanish regions.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:In 2002, a voluntary registry of occupational respiratory diseases was initiated in the test phase in Asturias, Catalonia, and Navarre (Spain). Based on data from the fully implemented voluntary registry, we assessed the differences in the incidence and characteristics of the diseases reported in the three r...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.20862

    authors: Orriols R,Isidro I,Abu-Shams K,Costa R,Boldu J,Rego G,Zock JP,other Members of the Enfermedades Respiratorias Ocupacionales y Medioambientales (EROM) Group.

    更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00

  • The rules of the game: an analysis of OSHA's enforcement strategy.

    abstract::Although OSHA promulgates standards for chemical exposures on the basis of workers' relative risk of acquiring chronic disease, it interprets the limits as absolute levels never to be exceeded. This poses a dilemma to the gathering of useful information which can be used to assess and reduce exposures, because employe...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.4700060407

    authors: Rappaport SM

    更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00

  • Occupational asthma caused by sculptured nails containing methacrylates.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:In recent decades, the use of artificial nails including methacrylates (MAs) has increased. This study presents the first two clinical cases of occupational asthma (OA) caused by sculptured nails containing MAs. METHODS:In both cases, OA was diagnosed on the basis of a work simulation test combined with the...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.20633

    authors: Sauni R,Kauppi P,Alanko K,Henriks-Eckerman ML,Tuppurainen M,Hannu T

    更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00

  • In vivo protective performance of N95 respirator and surgical facemask.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:The SARS outbreak in 2003 has spawned a major controversy concerning protective performance facemasks for healthcare workers. This study reports a study on in-vivo protective performance of surgical masks and N95 respirators. METHODS:Typical surgical masks and N95 respirators used in Hong Kong hospitals wer...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.20395

    authors: Li Y,Wong T,Chung J,Guo YP,Hu JY,Guan YT,Yao L,Song QW,Newton E

    更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00

  • Noise-induced hearing loss in randomly selected New York dairy farmers.

    abstract::To understand better the effects of noise levels associated with dairy farming, we randomly selected 49 full-time dairy farmers from an established cohort. Medical and occupational histories were taken and standard audiometric testing was done. Forty-six males (94%) and three females (6%) with a mean age of 43.5 (+/- ...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.4700180315

    authors: May JJ,Marvel M,Regan M,Marvel LH,Pratt DS

    更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00

  • Autoimmune antibodies and asbestos exposure: Evidence from Wittenoom, Western Australia.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Studies comparing different forms of asbestos are rare, and limited by the failure to compare results with unexposed populations. We compare autoimmune responses among former workers and residents of the crocidolite mining and milling town of Wittenoom, Western Australia, with an unexposed population. METHO...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.22863

    authors: Reid A,Franklin P,de Klerk N,Creaney J,Brims F,Musk B,Pfau J

    更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00

  • Incidence of malignant mesothelioma of the pleura in Québec and Canada from 1984 to 2007, and projections from 2008 to 2032.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Continuous increase in male incidence of malignant mesothelioma of the pleura (MMP) despite the drop of asbestos production since 1980 in Québec motivated this study aiming to assess when the rates of MMP will decline. METHODS:Age-standardized rates and trends were estimated over the 1984-2007 period by sex...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.22442

    authors: Krupoves A,Camus M,De Guire L

    更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00

  • Breast cancer, occupation, and exposure to electromagnetic fields among Swedish men.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Investigations of breast cancer among men may provide clues for environmental and occupational risk factors that may be difficult to study in women, because of confounding or effect modification from reproductive female characteristics. The objective was to estimate occupation-specific risks of male breast c...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/1097-0274(200103)39:3<276::aid-ajim1015>3.

    authors: Pollán M,Gustavsson P,Floderus B

    更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00

  • Farmworker reports of pesticide safety and sanitation in the work environment.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Migrant and seasonal farmworkers are at risk for occupational illnesses from pesticide exposure, and the effectiveness of pesticide safety regulations has not been evaluated. It is important to learn from farmworker safety experiences to develop effective measures to improve agricultural workplace safety. M...

    journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1002/ajim.1042

    authors: Arcury TA,Quandt SA,Cravey AJ,Elmore RC,Russell GB

    更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00