A work‐oriented occupational therapy programme for individuals with physical disabilities

Dynamic Lowenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment: Evaluation of Potential to Change in Cognitive Performance

“…The LOTCA has been standardized, and its reliability and validity in various populations have been researched since 1989 (Averbuch & Katz, 2005. It was further studied in various countries to explore its universal validity as a culture-free evaluation (Annes, Katz, & Cermak, 1996;Cermak et al, 1995;Jang, Chern, & Lin, 2009;Jang, Hwang, & Li, 1997;Katz, Champagne, & Cermak, 1997;Lieberman et al, 1996). Its ecological validity was also studied in terms of relationships with function that were found to have significant correlations with performance of activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living in a stroke population with and without unilateral spatial neglect (Katz, Hartman-Maeir, Ring, & Soroker, 1999.…”

Sick leave among native and immigrant workers in Spain—a 6-month follow-up study

“…In our study, the duration of the sick leave was greater for the women than for the men. The results in the literature are inconclusive, since some studies report a shorter sick leave duration for women (16,17), while others have reported a longer duration (18), and still others have reported no difference between the genders (19). A Spanish study (20) concluded that work absence does not depend on gender, but instead is related to personal characteristics and work conditions (flexibility of workhours, job status, type of contract, income, job prospects, etc).…”

Barriers and enablers to returning to work from long‐term sickness absence: Part I—A quantitative perspective

“…The evidence of demographic risk factors is equivocal. On the one hand there is support for the contention that women are more likely to RTW from LTSA compared to men [Cairns et al, 1984; Hester et al, 1986; Jang et al, 1998] whilst on the other hand Marnetoft et al [2001], Crook et al [1998] and Cheadle et al [1994] have found that men are more likely to RTW compared to women. Still others have found no relationship between sex and RTW outcomes [Dasinger et al, 2000; Krause et al, 2001b; Blackwell et al, 2003; Rusch et al, 2003].…”