Biomedical subjects

Timothy Ore

Publications and source records attributed to Timothy Ore.

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PubMed2003

Manual handling injury in a disability services setting.

Approximately 2700 manual handling injuries recorded among disability services workers in an Australian state government agency between 1997 and 2000 were analysed to identify high-risk groups and leading causes to be targeted for prevention. Client support, including assisting clients into and out of bed and holding clients during epileptic seizures, had the highest cause-specific injury rate per 100 full-time equivalents (12.2, 95% confidence interval (CI) 6.2-20.2). Women had significantly higher rates than men, an average of 29.8 (95% CI 19.9-41.7) compared with 16.6 (95% CI 9.5-25.7). Gender (being female) and low job classification significantly increased the odds of an injury resulting in time off work. Only gender significantly predicted the likelihood of high compensation payments. Together with the surveillance data, responses to the questionnaire survey of 120 workers indicate a need for effective ergonomics intervention.

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PubMed2003

Evaluation of safety training for manual handling of people with disabilities in specialised group homes in Australia.

OBJECTIVE: This paper attempted to examine the question of whether 351 disability services workers in an Australian State Government agency given manual handling training had significantly lower injury rates from manual handling injuries a year post-training than a control group (n = 351) without the training. METHODS: Control group members were selected by stratified random sampling to closely match the intervention group. The measures employed were the number of reported manual handling injuries per 100 full-time equivalents by certain characteristics, frequency of incidents, mean workers' compensation cost, and mean compensated days. RESULTS: Training in manual handling methods significantly reduced the risk by as much as 42%, with an average rate of 49.6 per 100 full-time equivalents (95% confidence interval 44.4-55.0) among the intervention group compared with 84.8 per 100 full-time equivalents (95% confidence interval 76.0-94.1) among controls. The risk differential was consistent across gender, age group, length of service, and job classification. However, in two injury categories (client lift/transfer and general manual handling), the intervention group had a marginally higher risk. The average workers' compensation cost in the control group was 4.2 times that in the intervention group. CONCLUSION: While the study has some weaknesses, overall, there is little evidence to suggest that the outcome observed was due to threats to internal validity. It is expected that the findings can encourage further evaluation studies of workplace safety training programs.

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PubMed2002

Occupational assault among community care workers.

The author presents the findings of a study that attempted to analyze the frequency, trend, and pattern of workplace assaults among community care workers who provide care for severely emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children in a state government agency in Australia between 1997 and 2000. He identifies the high risk groups and discusses activities for prevention opportunities.

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PubMed2002

Workplace assault management training: an outcome evaluation.

In this comprehensive study of health workers taking care of patients who are prone to challenging and aggressive behavior, injury rates for workers who had received PART (Professional Assault Response Training) as recommended by OSHA and other agencies were compared with those who received no training. Surprisingly, those with training had a higher number of reported injuries and a per capita worker's compensation payout double that received by those without training. The possible reasons for these results are analyzed, along with their implications for those responsible for supporting healthcare workers at risk for violence. The author concludes that training in itself may not be an adequate prevention strategy, but may need to be implemented by other approaches.

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