The work potential in persons with heart disease.
Data relevant to the decision-making processes of the professional team which comprises the Work Classification Unit of the San Diego County Heart Association were reviewed. The purpose of the unit is to assess the work potential in patients with heart disease. Intercorrelations between a number of physical and psychosocial assessments were noted, with particular attention to the way in which the assessments correlated with the appraisal of the return-to-work potential of the patients.Findings indicated quite clearly that the team employed other than just physical health measures in estimating work potential. Adjustment to the cardiac condition and certain estimates of the home and social environs were used to a significant degree.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D003657:Decision Making; D004651:Employment; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D005082:Physical Exertion; D062707:Return to Work; D014937:Work
EXERTION; HEART DISEASES/physiology