An Analysis of Responses on the Earning Capacity Assessment Form-2

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-27
Author(s):  
James A. Athanasou
Keyword(s):  
Return To Work ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Capacity Assessment ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Acquired Disability ◽  
Vocational Assessment ◽  
Earning Capacity ◽  
Adjustment Issues ◽  
Underlying Dimension

The Earning Capacity Assessment Form-2 assesses the factors that inhibit and facilitate an individual's return to work following an acquired disability (e.g., accident, misadventure). The purpose of this article is to provide the first item response analysis of the form. Data on Australian and US accident victims (N = 110) from two vocational assessment practices were used as a basis for evaluation. An item-response analysis was conducted using the Quest package for the 14 category responses. Results indicated that (a) the items function as inhibitors rather than drivers; and (b) they form a coherent underlying dimension of impairment. Problems in cognition and vocational adjustment issues were major markers for work incapacity.

scholarly journals Occupational Physicians' Role Regarding Return to Work of Workers with Acquired Disability

2002 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takao TSUTSUI ◽  
Seichi HORIE ◽  
Hiroshi KAJI
Keyword(s):  
Return To Work ◽  
Acquired Disability ◽  
Occupational Physicians

Are vocabulary tests measurement invariant between age groups? An item response analysis of three popular tests.

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 925-938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark C. Fox ◽  
Jane M. Berry ◽  
Sara P. Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Item Response ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Response Analysis

scholarly journals Bayesian Item Response Analysis of Method-of-Payment Habits in Banking Surveys

2019 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Saman Muthukumarana ◽  
Kyle Vincent ◽  
Jenna G. Tichon
Keyword(s):  
Item Response ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Method Of Payment

Injuries after Forklift Trucks Accidents – Injury Patterns, Therapy and Outcome in the Context of the Statutory Accident Insurance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Ull ◽  
Hans Ehlers ◽  
Emre Yilmaz ◽  
Sebastian Lotzien ◽  
Thomas A. Schildhauer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Return To Work ◽  
Complication Rates ◽  
Injury Patterns ◽  
Earning Capacity ◽  
Forklift Truck ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Truck Accidents ◽  
Retrospective Data Collection ◽  
Combined Injuries

Abstract Introduction The use of forklift trucks during work has a high accident potential. The aim of this study is to describe injury patterns, treatment and outcome after forklift truck accidents in the context of the employersʼ liability insurance association. Methods Retrospective data collection of all cases between 2004 and 2019. Excluded were patients < 18 years, without follow-up or with definitive external treatment. Trauma mechanism, injury patterns and distribution, treatment, complications, time of incapacity for work, return to work and impairment of earning capacity were recorded. Results Of 109 patients with 110 injuries, 52.7% showed isolated injuries and 47.3% combined injuries, which affected the lower extremity in 95 cases. There were fractures in 85.5%, including 32.7% in open form. The mean length of stay was 29.1 days (range 1 – 129); an indication for surgery was seen in 80.9%. Surgical treatment required an average of 3 interventions, with significantly more operations for soft tissue closure than for the fractures (p ≤ 0.023). Amputations were necessary in 8 cases; complications occurred in 29.1%. Return to work was possible in 90%, after a mean period of incapacity for work of 33.6 weeks. A total of 40% showed a pensionable impairment of earning capacity. Conclusion Accidents with forklift trucks result in complex lower extremities injuries with the need of multi-stage treatment and show relatively high complication rates. A return to work is often possible after a long period of convalescence, and a pensionable impairment of earning capacity often persists.

Integration als betriebliche Routine. Organisationssoziologische Perspektiven auf alltägliche Integrationsprozesse

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 111-129
Author(s):  
Jannis Hergesell ◽  
Jana-Maria Albrecht
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Return To Work ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Organizational Routines ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Earning Capacity ◽  
Formal Procedures ◽  
Successful Integration

Zusammenfassung Arbeitsmarkt(re)integration von gesundheitlich eingeschränkten Mitarbeiter*innen findet hauptsächlich in Betrieben statt. Allerdings nimmt die Stay at- und Return to Work-Forschung die spezifischen Strukturen von betrieblicher Wiedereingliederung nur randständig in den Blick. Fokussiert werden hauptsächlich formale Verfahren wie das betriebliche Wiedereingliederungsmanagement und schematisch beschriebene Akteurskonstellationen. Kurzfristige Absprachen im Arbeitsalltag, Koordination außerhalb von eingefahrenen Pro­zeduren und bewusstes Abweichen von Vorschriften werden so außer Acht gelassen. Daher bleiben auschlaggebende Gelingensbedingungen betrieblicher Wiedereingliederung unerkannt. Wir adressieren diese Forschungslücke und plädieren für eine genuin organisationsoziologische Perspektive auf betriebliche Arbeitsmarkt(re)integration. Wir nutzen das theoretische Konzept der organisationalen Routinen und können so ein Ablaufmodell gelingender Integrationsroutinen entwickeln. Abstract: Integration as an Organizational Routines Labor market (re)integration of employees with reduced earning capacity mainly takes place in companies. Nevertheless, previous research has disregarded companies as specific environments for reintegration. The research focus stays on formal cooperate health care procedures and schematically described actor constellations. Deliberate deviations from these formal procedures and the complex informal coordination of integration in everyday working life, as well as their success conditions, thus remain hidden. To address this unsolved task, we argue for a genuine organizational-sociological perspective on company-based labor market (re)integration. Subsequently, we introduce a model of successful integration processes based on the concept of organizational routines.

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