Publications by authors named "I T Braam"
Work-related upper extremity disorders: one-year follow-up in an occupational diseases registry.
Int Arch Occup Environ Health
October 2011
Purpose: To study the course and consequences of work-related upper extremity disorders in the registry of the Netherlands Centre for Occupational Diseases (NCvB).
Methods: A follow-up study was performed in a sample of consecutive cases of work-related upper extremity disorders notified to the NCvB. Perceived severity was measured with VAS (0-100), quality of life with VAS (0-100) and SF-36, functional impairment with DASH and sickness absence with a questionnaire.
Background: Occupational diseases are generally underreported. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a sentinel surveillance project comprising motivated and guided occupational physicians would provide higher quality information than a national registry for a policy to prevent occupational diseases.
Methods: A group of 45 occupational physicians participated in a sentinel surveillance project for two years.
Background: Occupational diseases are under reported. Targeted education of occupational physicians (OPs) may improve their rate of reporting occupational diseases.
Aim: To study the effectiveness of an active multifaceted workshop aimed at improving OPs' reporting of occupational diseases.
Objectives: To evaluate process and outcome of a multifaceted occupational health intervention programme on whole-body vibration (WBV) in forklift truck drivers.
Methods: An experimental pretest/post-test control group study design. The authors trained occupational health services (OHS) in the experimental group in the use of the programme.
Objectives: To study the nature and extent of evaluation research in occupational health services (OHSs).
Methods: Literature review of evaluation research in OHSs. On the basis of a conceptual model of OHS evaluation, empirical studies are categorised into aspects of input, process, output, outcome, and OHS core activities.