Collaborative approaches to the prevention of work related injuries in railway workers. RailCorp NSW is a large employer within the NSW transport industry sector and as such has a high potential exposure to occupational injury. RailCorp has committed to the safety of its employees through its efforts towards a systematic identification of injury risk factors to create a safer workplace as well as creating a 'risk aware safety culture'. Interventions which are effective in reducing the incidenc ....Collaborative approaches to the prevention of work related injuries in railway workers. RailCorp NSW is a large employer within the NSW transport industry sector and as such has a high potential exposure to occupational injury. RailCorp has committed to the safety of its employees through its efforts towards a systematic identification of injury risk factors to create a safer workplace as well as creating a 'risk aware safety culture'. Interventions which are effective in reducing the incidence and severity of work related injuries have not only immediate benefits both in terms of human (workforce retention, job satisfaction, job performance, etc) and financial factors for RailCorp management and its employees but has wider applications to other comparable complex high risk industries.
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Client Centred Palliative Rehabilitation: An Evaluation Of Its Efficacy
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$90,570.00
Summary
�I don�t want to sit here waiting to die�. Many people towards end of life want their palliative care to continue to be rehabilitative as well as supportive, yet no study to formally evaluate the effectiveness of a patient-centred palliative rehabilitation program has been conducted in Australia. This study aims to identify patient and carer-centred rehabilitation goals such as independence in self care, and develop, trial and evaluate a rehabilitation program to address these goals. The program ....�I don�t want to sit here waiting to die�. Many people towards end of life want their palliative care to continue to be rehabilitative as well as supportive, yet no study to formally evaluate the effectiveness of a patient-centred palliative rehabilitation program has been conducted in Australia. This study aims to identify patient and carer-centred rehabilitation goals such as independence in self care, and develop, trial and evaluate a rehabilitation program to address these goals. The program would be transfer stage conditions such as cancer, cardiac or renal failure.Read moreRead less
Evaluation Of Exercise Rehabilitation For Survivors Of Intensive Care
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$359,282.00
Summary
Intensive care medicine has improved survival in critically ill patients. However, international literature reports poor quality of life and physical outcomes in ICU survivors compared to people of the same age. In addition, patients who require a prolonged ICU stay consume a large amount of resources. This project is testing whether an early ICU physiotherapist-directed exercise rehabilitation program continuing until after hospital discharge will improve patient's quality of life, physical fun ....Intensive care medicine has improved survival in critically ill patients. However, international literature reports poor quality of life and physical outcomes in ICU survivors compared to people of the same age. In addition, patients who require a prolonged ICU stay consume a large amount of resources. This project is testing whether an early ICU physiotherapist-directed exercise rehabilitation program continuing until after hospital discharge will improve patient's quality of life, physical function and decrease the use of health resources compared with patients' receiving standard care. Patients in the rehabilitation group will take part in a physiotherapy exercise rehabilitation program including returning to out patient classes after discharge. The physiotherapist will treat patients daily during hospital stay then twice weekly for 8 weeks after discharge. All patients will complete 2 quality of life questionnaires and physical function will be assessed using a new test developed for the acute ICU stay the 6 minute walk test, which measures how far patients can walk quickly in 6 minutes. The timed up and go test will also be used and it measures how quickly patients can get up from a chair and walk. An activity monitor, worn on the wrist, for some of the time after discharge will measure how much exercise and moving about patients are doing at home. Measurements will performed by a physiotherapist, blinded to the group to which patients were randomly allocated, on admission to the ICU (quality of life only by proxy), on discharge from the ICU, discharge from hospital and at 3, 6, 12 months after discharge. Economic evaluation will be performed to examine overall use of resources using information from the questionnaires.Read moreRead less
I am a speech pathologist working to improve psychosocial outcomes for adults with traumatic brain injury by improving their communication and social skills.
Participation following traumatic brain injury in rural, regional and remote areas. The results of this project will lead to improved rehabilitation programs and better outcomes for people with brain injury, especially in regional, rural and remote areas, by targeting the ultimate goal more directly: participation - getting people back into their home, work and community roles. Participation is associated with improved social networks, wellbeing, independence and quality of life, so health care ....Participation following traumatic brain injury in rural, regional and remote areas. The results of this project will lead to improved rehabilitation programs and better outcomes for people with brain injury, especially in regional, rural and remote areas, by targeting the ultimate goal more directly: participation - getting people back into their home, work and community roles. Participation is associated with improved social networks, wellbeing, independence and quality of life, so health care burdens and costs are reduced, and people can lead more productive lives. The project's emphasis on country areas will benefit rural health care, and also help specialist metropolitan brain injury services to understand the specific rehabilitation issues facing people from the bush.Read moreRead less