Development of a multilevel health and safety climate survey tool within a mining setting.

Introduction: This study aimed to design, implement and evaluate the reliability and validity of a multifactorial and multilevel health and safety climate survey (HSCS) tool with utility in the Australian mining setting.

Methods: An 84-item questionnaire was developed and pilot tested on a sample of 302 Australian miners across two open cut sites.

Results: A 67-item, 10 factor solution was obtained via exploratory factor analysis (EFA) representing prioritization and attitudes to health and safety across multiple domains and organizational levels.

The impact of patient self assessment of deformity on HRQL in adults with scoliosis.

Background: Body image and HRQL are significant issues for patients with scoliosis due to cosmetic deformity, physical and psychological symptoms, and treatment factors. A selective review of scoliosis literature revealed that self report measures of body image and HRQL share unreliable correlations with radiographic measures and clinician recommendations for surgery. However, current body image and HRQL measures do not indicate which aspects of scoliosis deformity are the most distressing for patients.