Articles tagged under ‘Predicting delayed RTW’

Articles 1 - 9 of 9

• Return to work is everybody’s business — how everyone can be part of the solution

  Catherine Day, Director of Employer Supervision and Return to Work at SIRA, outlines SIRA's work to improve declining RTW rates in NSW

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• Webinar recording — It pays to care: from policy to practice

  Dr Mary Wyatt introduces the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine's recently-launched policy on work injury scheme design and explores some practical approaches to improve how our schemes operate.

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• Webinar recording: Implementing early screening to identify and manage at risk workers to prevent unnecessary work disability: Lessons from the WISE study

  This webinar outlines the key learnings from the WISE study and the core components that made a major difference.

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• New insights: best practice risk factor identification for delayed return to work

  A best practice statement sheds light on how – and when – we should collect, analyse and act on information predicting RTW struggles ahead. But there’s still a lot to learn…

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• Workers fear lodging claims for psych injury

  Lodging a psycological injury claim in Australia is a scary business, and the scarier it is perceived to be, the more RTW suffers

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• Two-thirds of psychological claimants report no workplace contact

  New research shows Australian employers delay and even avoid contact with workers who make psychological injury claims, and finds an association with poor outcomes for return to work.

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• Webinar recording: Using Disability Guidelines to assist return to work

  Recent subscriber survey feedback highlighted the need for more advanced webinar topics and discussion. This webinar is suitable for intermediate to advanced levels of experience and long term RTWMatters subscribers.

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• Are we asking the right questions?

  There's more than meets the eye when it comes to patients at risk of poor return to work results.

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• A flag is a flag is a flag

  Everyday words can take on different meanings when used by medical practitioners, but to what effect?

Research 1 - 20 of 20

• Back pain on the back burner? Why some workers wait for care after workplace back injuries

  Research reveals that while most workers accessed medical care promptly after the onset of low back pain, individual, occupational and contextual factors significantly influenced delays for some.

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• The impact of tailored programs on RTW outcomes

  A study provides valuable insights into long-term outcomes for tailored interventions in managing persistent pain.

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• Targeted prevention of long-term sickness absence

  Some prevention strategies go the distance, reducing long term sickness absence even five years post-intervention. Others have short term benefits only. Does mental health complicate effectiveness?

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• Predicting – without overtreating – chronic LBP

  A screening tool developed in Australia could help workers’ compensation systems and treating practitioners better target early intervention initiatives for workers with lower back pain.

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• Psychological V Musculoskeletal: an unfair race

  Workers with psychological injuries have worse experiences of the RTW process than those with musculoskeletal injuries.

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• Driving back to work (and stopping on the way)

  Failed RTW is more likely after a traffic accident causing whiplash than other injuries. What else predicts an unsuccessful first attempt to get back to work?

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• Delay feeds delay

  Early reporting and prompt claim adjudication and payment may reduce the number of workers who have prolonged absence after injury, while delays are a red flag.

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• Sleep, burnout and RTW

  For employees with burnout, recovery and return to work is possible. What role does sleep play?

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• Introducing ROSES

  In the search to find a screening tool to assist workers with MSDs and common mental health problems, will an Orebro by any other name smell as sweet?

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• Bully me, bully my team

  People in a team where bullying occurs are more likely to have long periods of time off work, even if they are not the victims.

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• How do workers decide when to return?

  Top ten considerations that underlie decisions about the timing of RTW.

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• Preventing chronic MSDs

  The right kind of vocational rehabilitation can stave off the transition to chronic disability. What influences the success of vocational rehabilitation programs for workers with long-term musculoskeletal disorders?

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• An intervention for low back pain that works

  Evidence-based! Cost-effective! Proactive! Popular! You will love this new workplace intervention for high-risk workers with low back pain.

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• Self efficacy, sickness absence and return to work

  If you feel you can cope with a difficult situation will you get back to work earlier?

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• When to take extended sick leave. A complex decision for workers with spine-related pain

  This study identified a range of factors that influence when workers with neck and low-back (spine-related) pain take extended sick leave.

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• Fear, expectation and back pain - the evidence

  Knowing what psychosocial factors affect recovery from low back pain can help target employee interventions

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• Manners Matter: doctors' behaviour influences return to work and recovery of injured workers

  A study looking at factors influencing the return to work and recovery of injured workers in California

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• Predicting and preventing long-term disability

  Recognising the risk factors for long term disability can help employers reduce the compensation burden

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• The simple way to predict RTW outcomes? Ask!

  A short survey can predict a worker's RTW outcomes

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• What is behind psychosocial sick leave?

  A look at the factors which predict psychosocial sick leave.