Organizational Predictors of Successful Return to Work

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• Personal Author:
  Amick BC III
• Description:
  The purpose of this project was to develop both worker and employer uses of Organizational Policies and Practices surveys (OPP) and to examine their validity and reliability. A second purpose was to examine the role of OPPs in work disability in a prospective study. To accomplish these aims we followed 197 workers with electrophysiologically confirmed carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) from a pre-surgical baseline to two months, six months, and 12 months post-surgery. In addition, we surveyed key informants from 76 employers (71 % response rate) about OPPs. Major findings to date are: (1) higher OPPs predict better work role functioning at six months post-surgery; (2) the change in self-efficacy from baseline to two months post-surgery predicts six month work role functioning; (3) the four worker-reported OPP dimensions (safety practices, ergonomic practices, disability management, and people oriented culture) have predictive validity; (4) there is agreement between workers and employers on OPPs at the scale level on people oriented culture but not on safety practices, ergonomic practices and disability management; (5) if a single index of OPPs is created, and then there is agreement; (6) comparison with written policies was attempted but was inconclusive due to the low response rate; (7) Confirmatory Factor Analysis produced a reduced 26-item version of employer OPPs with high scale reliability and validity. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Electrophysiology Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Behavior-patterns Carpal-tunnel-syndrome Disabled-workers Electrophysiological-effects Health-surveys Injury-prevention Management-personnel Occupational-sociology Work-analysis Work-capability Work-operations Work-practices Worker-health

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• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-54
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023744
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2005-101299
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R01-OH-003523, 2003 Apr; :1-54
• Contact Point Address:
  University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston Health Science Center, Suite E905, P.O. Box 20186, Houston, TX 77225
• Email:
  bamick@sph.uth.tmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Organization of Work
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston Health Science Center, Houston, Texas
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218102/cdc_218102_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.15 MB ]