@2024 Afarand., IRAN
ISSN: 1735-7667 Iranian Journal of Military Medicine 2010;12(1):13-18
ISSN: 1735-7667 Iranian Journal of Military Medicine 2010;12(1):13-18
Comparison of permanent impairment measuring methods
ARTICLE INFO
Article Type
Original ResearchAuthors
Ghasemi M. ()Alishiri Gh. H. (1)
Rezayee M. (2)
Keshavarz H. (3)
Izadi M. (4)
Ghanjal A. (5)
() Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(1) Faculty of Medicine, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(2) Trauma Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(3) Supreme Medical Commission, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(4) Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(5) Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Article History
Received: May 26, 2009Accepted: February 17, 2010
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ABSTRACT
Aims
Evaluating the impairment and permanent disability aiming at determining the ability of employment or repayment is one concern of all industrial and the developing societies. The aim of this study was to investigate the rate of permanent impairment in a military supreme medical commission.
Methods In this analytical cross-sectional study, all 619 referred applicants of compensation or repayment claims and disability percentage which had records during 2006 were included. After data collection, permanent impairment percentage calculated according to AMA (American Medical Association) Guide, then, the obtained results were compared with the allocated values in the patient’s record. Data were analyzed using Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis methods, Spearman correlation coefficient and Chi-square.
Results Allocated mean percentage in the individuals referred to the commission had no statistically significant difference in terms of different age groups, various groups of working experience, gender, different employment status and various services forces. The mean of allocated impairment percentage in a military supreme medical commission was significantly higher than the calculated impairment percentage mean with AMA Guide rating (p<0.05).
Conclusion The necessity of more collaboration of counselor and colleague physicians and developing a single recipe or instruction and the lack of consideration of the severity of occurrence are among the issues which need revision.
Methods In this analytical cross-sectional study, all 619 referred applicants of compensation or repayment claims and disability percentage which had records during 2006 were included. After data collection, permanent impairment percentage calculated according to AMA (American Medical Association) Guide, then, the obtained results were compared with the allocated values in the patient’s record. Data were analyzed using Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis methods, Spearman correlation coefficient and Chi-square.
Results Allocated mean percentage in the individuals referred to the commission had no statistically significant difference in terms of different age groups, various groups of working experience, gender, different employment status and various services forces. The mean of allocated impairment percentage in a military supreme medical commission was significantly higher than the calculated impairment percentage mean with AMA Guide rating (p<0.05).
Conclusion The necessity of more collaboration of counselor and colleague physicians and developing a single recipe or instruction and the lack of consideration of the severity of occurrence are among the issues which need revision.
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