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Occup Environ Med ; 77(7): 462-469, 2020 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32253227

RESUMO

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this clustered, randomised controlled trial was to assess the effectiveness of a lumbopelvic postural feedback device for changing postural behaviour in a group of healthcare workers. We hypothesised that workers exposed to auditory postural feedback would reduce the number of times forward bending posture is adopted at work. METHODS: This was a participant and assessor blinded, randomised, sham-controlled trial with blocked cluster random allocation. We recruited healthcare workers from aged care institutions. Healthcare sites were randomly allocated to the feedback or sham group (SG). A postural monitoring and feedback device was used to monitor and record lumbopelvic forward bending posture, and provided audio feedback whenever the user sustained lumbopelvic forward bending posture that exceeded predefined thresholds. The primary outcome measure was postural behaviour (exceeding thresholds). We used a robust variant of repeated measures mixed-effect model for assessing within-group and between-group differences in postural behaviour. RESULTS: We recruited 19 sites, and 130 healthcare workers participated. There were no within-group changes on the number of times postural threshold was exceeded at 1-week follow-up (feedback group: -0.7, 95% CI -2.61 to 0.72; SG -0.3, -1.65 to 0.98), and no differences (0.05, 95% CI -1.83 to 1.94) between SG and feedback group. CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this trial indicate that audio feedback provided by a postural monitor device did not reduce the number of times healthcare workers exceeded the postural threshold. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12616000449437.


Assuntos
Retroalimentação Sensorial/fisiologia , Pessoal de Saúde , Postura/fisiologia , Adulto , Ergonomia , Feminino , Humanos , Dor Lombar/prevenção & controle , Região Lombossacral/fisiopatologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Monitorização Fisiológica/instrumentação , Nova Zelândia
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Disabil Rehabil ; 36(5): 409-17, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23692389

RESUMO

PURPOSE: This study aimed to clarify the existing service provision of stroke-specific vocational rehabilitation (VR) in one English county, in order to facilitate future service development. METHOD: Using soft systems methodology, services in Health, Social Care, Department of Work and Pensions, the voluntary and private sectors, which were identified as supporting return to work after stroke, were mapped using a mixed-methodology approach. RESULTS: A lack of a sanctioned VR pathway meant access to support relied on brokered provision and tacit knowledge. The timing of an intervention was complex and there was a substantial degree of unmet need for mild stroke patients. VR was seen as "non-essential" due to competing commissioning priorities. Service providers from all sectors lacked training and cross-sector partnerships were tenuous and provider roles unclear. CONCLUSIONS: Stroke-specific VR should be delivered by an integrated, cross-sector multi-disciplinary team and integrated commissioning between health and other sectors is necessary. Although early intervention is important, support later on in the recovery process is also necessary. Service providers need adequate training to meet the needs of stroke survivors wishing to return to work and better awareness of best practice guidelines. Business cases which demonstrate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of VR are vital. Implications for Rehabilitation The timeliness of a vocational rehabilitation (VR) intervention is complex; services need to be responsive to the changing needs of the stroke survivor throughout their recovery process and have better mechanisms to ensure re-entry into the stroke pathway is possible. Return to work is a recognised health outcome; health services need to develop better mechanisms for interagency/cross sector working and liaison with employers and not assume that VR is beyond their remit. Therapists and non-health service providers should receive sufficient training to meet the needs of stroke survivors wishing to return to work. Rehabilitation teams must decide how to implement national guidance within existing resources and what training is needed to deploy SSVR. The lack of a sanctioned pathway results in disorganised and patchy provision of VR for stroke survivors; mild stroke patients can fall through the net and receive little or no support. The journey back to work commences at the point of stroke. Mechanisms for identifying acute stroke survivors who were working at onset and for assessing the impact of the stroke on their work need to be put in place. The entire MDT has a role to play. In the absence of a VR specialist, even patients without obvious disability should be referred for ongoing rehabilitation with detailed work assessment and signposted to employment specialists e.g. disability employment advisors EARLY after stroke. Health-based VR interventions can influence work return and job retention. However, therapists must routinely measure work outcomes to inform their business case and be encouraged to demonstrate these outcomes to local commissioners. Commissioners should consider emerging evidence of early VR interventions on reduced length of stay, health and social care resource use and the wider health benefits of maintaining employment.


Assuntos
Atenção à Saúde , Reabilitação Vocacional , Acidente Vascular Cerebral , Continuidade da Assistência ao Paciente/organização & administração , Atenção à Saúde/métodos , Atenção à Saúde/normas , Atenção à Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Pessoas com Deficiência/reabilitação , Pessoas com Deficiência/estatística & dados numéricos , Intervenção Médica Precoce/organização & administração , Readaptação ao Emprego/métodos , Readaptação ao Emprego/estatística & dados numéricos , Inglaterra/epidemiologia , Pesquisas sobre Atenção à Saúde , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Pessoal de Saúde/normas , Humanos , Avaliação das Necessidades , Reabilitação Vocacional/métodos , Reabilitação Vocacional/normas , Reabilitação Vocacional/estatística & dados numéricos , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Apoio Social , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/epidemiologia , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/fisiopatologia , Reabilitação do Acidente Vascular Cerebral
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J Occup Rehabil ; 23(3): 406-18, 2013 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23212240

RESUMO

PURPOSE: More than 40 % of working age adults with stroke fail to return to work. The work context is a key factor in return to work, but little is known about the experiences of employers in supporting employees with stroke. The aim of this study was to explore return to work after stroke from the employer perspective, to identify key features associated with success and to seek participants' views regarding the role of healthcare in return to work. METHODS: Data was gathered through 18 semi-structured interviews with employer stakeholders and included small business owners, line managers, human resources and occupational health staff. Data was analysed thematically. RESULTS: The main themes identified were: the impact of stroke on the employer, characteristics of the employee, communication, knowledge and information, experience of other stakeholders, integrating healthcare in return to work. CONCLUSION: Employers face complex emotional and practical issues when helping an employee return to work after stroke, for which many lack knowledge and experience. The range and quality of support networks that they access is variable and advice and support from clinicians is welcomed. Further research is necessary to investigate how such support could be funded and integrated within existing service provision.


Assuntos
Relações Comunidade-Instituição , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Reabilitação Vocacional , Retorno ao Trabalho , Reabilitação do Acidente Vascular Cerebral , Adulto , Humanos , Serviços de Saúde do Trabalhador/organização & administração , Gestão de Recursos Humanos , Pesquisa Qualitativa , Reino Unido
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J Fam Health Care ; 16(5): 137-8, 2006.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17139974

RESUMO

Self-help groups, e.g. for breast-feeding support or postnatal depression, can be an effective resource for clients. They can also be an effective use of professionals'time in primary care. A health visitor offers practical suggestions for starting and guiding a new group, including the need for professionals to think creatively and flexibly about group structures. The advice is to keep these simple, audit regularly and allow the groups to evolve.


Assuntos
Desenvolvimento de Programas/métodos , Grupos de Autoajuda , Enfermagem em Saúde Comunitária , Humanos , Reino Unido
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J Fam Health Care ; 14(5): 121-3, 2004.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15598009

RESUMO

Reasons for expressing milk vary from mother to mother. Those who breast feed may be more likely than other mothers to return to paid employment outside the home. To assist mothers to continue with exclusive breast feeding, health professionals should provide information antenatally about expressing milk. Mothers can start to express from birth and should be encouraged by health professionals to pump or express milk on a frequent basis--"the more the better"--as this will help to establish lactation and increase the milk supply. The use of pumps and the storage of breast milk are discussed.


Assuntos
Aleitamento Materno , Tocologia/normas , Leite Humano , Mães/educação , Educação de Pacientes como Assunto/métodos , Adulto , Feminino , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Promoção da Saúde/métodos , Humanos , Bem-Estar do Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Reino Unido
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J Fam Health Care ; 14(6): 149-50, 2004.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15675657

RESUMO

A health visitor gives examples of some of the questions raised by mothers at a local breast-feeding group and discusses possible answers.


Assuntos
Aleitamento Materno , Mães/educação , Educação de Pacientes como Assunto , Aleitamento Materno/psicologia , Enfermagem em Saúde Comunitária , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Cuidado do Lactente , Mães/psicologia , Autocuidado , Grupos de Autoajuda
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