Research leader: Christian Larivière
Coordinators: Daniel Côté
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Context
Workers who have suffered industrial accidents or occupational diseases are entitled to rehabilitation and a return to work, which are a major challenge for the organizations and stakeholders involved. Of the injuries that occurred between 1999 and 2001, the approximately 14,000 files for workers who required a personalized rehabilitation plan generated a cost of $599 million for the CSST as of the July 2002 update. Although they represented only 3.8% of all occupational injury files, they accounted for close to 38% of the total disbursements. In terms of injury site, spinal injuries were the main rehabilitation-related pathology, with 32.6% of the cases, while upper limb injuries represented 22.8%.
Objectives
Preventing or reducing disability in workers at risk of prolonged disability - based on evidence, to support the sustainable and safe return to work of these workers,
- by studying different individual, organizational, administrative or health-system-related factors that facilitate this return or hinder this process,
- as well as means of intervention targeting the rehabilitation and professional reintegration of these workers.
Research orientations Development of instruments for assessing the health of workers who have suffered occupational injuries with a risk of disability. Studying individual, clinical, organizational or administrative determining factors relating to a return to work. Development of intervention models that promote a safe and sustainable return to work. Evaluation of occupational rehabilitation intervention programs or models. Development of evidence-based tools to support a return to work.
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Occupational rehabilitation 
