A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

The content and documentation of health check-ups in occupational health care




AuthorsLeena Uronen, Jaakko Hartiala, Sanna Salanterä

PublisherScienpress Ltd

Publication year2014

JournalInternational Journal Of Occupational Health and Public Health Nursing

Volume1

Issue1

First page 87

Last page97

Number of pages11

eISSN2053-2377

Web address http://www.scienpress.com/journal_focus.asp?Main_Id=86⋐_id=IV&Issue=1085


Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe the content and structure of documentation of health check-ups in occupational health care. A two phase study with the Delphi-group technique was used. Participants were a purposive sample of 20 occupational health nurses. Measurements: Semi structured interviews were conducted and a questionnaire for second round which was based on the interviews. Principally the occupational health nurses did not have a clear uniform opinion of the content areas of the health check-ups. It was noticeable that counseling was not mentioned as a content area of the health check up. Occupational health nurses considered the present documentation system extremely heterogeneous. The most important issue to be improved is the documentation of the health plan and summary. A structured body of documentation with the combination of free text would clarify the content of documentation of health check-ups in occupational health care. Also it would ease the evaluating of the effectiveness of the care given.




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