Cornes P, Roy C W
Disability Management Research Group, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Int Disabil Stud. 1991 Jan-Mar;13(1):5-8. doi: 10.3109/03790799109166268.
Only a minority of working-age patients referred to rehabilitation medicine services return to work, but could more be helped? A first step is identifying those potentially able to do so. This paper describes the retrospective application of the Vocational Rehabilitation Index (VRI) to 223 patients of working age and with various diagnoses referred to one rehabilitation medicine service. The VRI discriminates between patients who return to work and those who do not, as well as between groups with apparently differing degrees of need for vocational rehabilitation assistance. It also has good face validity. Results suggest that it is feasible to apply the VRI in rehabilitation medicine settings and that further prospective evaluation and practical applications should be undertaken.
转介到康复医学服务机构的适龄工作患者中，只有少数人能重返工作岗位，但能否帮助更多的人呢？第一步是确定那些有潜在能力重返工作岗位的人。本文描述了职业康复指数（VRI）在223名适龄工作且患有各种疾病并被转介到一家康复医学服务机构的患者中的回顾性应用。VRI能够区分重返工作岗位的患者和未重返工作岗位的患者，以及明显有不同程度职业康复援助需求的群体。它还具有良好的表面效度。结果表明，在康复医学环境中应用VRI是可行的，应进行进一步的前瞻性评估和实际应用。
