The primary purpose of this study was to validate the client-focused considering work model and to gain a better understanding of the nature of the relationship among the four domains purported to influence the considering work process (medical, psychosocial, financial/legal and vocational). A second goal of the study was to quantify the relationship between these four domains and the phases of...

PURPOSE This study aimed to identify, describe and classify the transitional rehabilitation goals of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and map these goals to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). METHOD The five most important rehabilitation goals as rated by clients were extracted from records for 220 clients of a transitional rehabilitation service...

Objective: The study objectives were to develop and validate a substance use disorder screening instrument for vocational rehabilitation customers. Beginning with the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory–3 (SASSI-3), the authors developed items pertaining to prescription medication misuse and modified other items. Research Method/Design: Data were collected for the cross-sectional cohort ...

Background. Presenteeism refers to reduced performance or productivity while at work due to health reasons. WLQ-26, SPS-6, and RA-WIS are the commonly used self-report presenteeism questionnaires. These questionnaires have acceptable psychometric properties but have not been subject to structured content analysis that would define their conceptual basis. Objective. To describe the conceptual ba...

This article reports the results of a national survey on the practices of state vocational rehabilitation agencies with regard to purchase and utilization of psychological consultation services from private psychologists. A letter was sent to each of the 5(:' state vocational rehabilitation agencies requesting information on nine points. Forty-four states responded. While it is common procedure...

Objective: To examine how financial compensation affects the outcome of vocational rehabilitation. Design: A registry-based follow-up study. Subjects: A total of 1397 rehabilitees discharged from the 5 local rehabilitation agencies in Aarhus County, Denmark from 1 July 2000 to 31 December 2001. Methods: At submission demographic data was obtained as well as data on financial compensation, i.e. ...

“Work” provides people with a means for economic independence. Besides, it enhances the development of identity, social relations and sense of mastery. In Chinese culture, work is regarded as a very important component of life. Hong Kong, as part of China, is a highly commercialized city, and “able to engage in work” is an essence of life of its people. Nevertheless, major initiatives which cat...