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CORONARY DISEASE AND RETURN TO WORK: A PRACTICAL RATING SCALE FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROBLEM CASE
Author(s) -
Schiller E.,
Morris G.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87928.x
Subject(s) - identification (biology) , scale (ratio) , rehabilitation , reliability (semiconductor) , rating scale , work (physics) , disease , medicine , physical therapy , psychology , engineering , developmental psychology , mechanical engineering , physics , botany , quantum mechanics , biology , power (physics)
A trial of a rating scale to predict success or failure in return to work for patients with ischæmic heart disease is described. The scale was found to have good reliability, and is easy to apply. It should be of use in the rapid identification, in or out of hospital, of the patient likely to encounter more than usually troublesome problems in returning to normal living and work, and in directing rehabilitation resources to those who need them most, early in their disease.