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An important component of the WRC’s "Centre of Excellence" strategy is research. The Centre regularly partners with other institutions to expand their knowledge-base into occupational rehabilitation topics.
Research Initiatives
Following are some of the WRC’s recent research initiatives:
- Research on The Role of Catastrophizing, Pain-Related Anxiety, Coping and Anger in Adjustment to Chronic Low Back Pain began in March 2006 with clients in the Work Recovery Program. The goal of the research is to identify the biopsychosocial factors that contribute to a client’s communication of chronic musculoskeletal pain, and, more specifically, to examine the extent to which verbal and nonverbal expressions of pain are influenced by a client’s beliefs about pain, coping styles and emotional reactions. The research will also attempt to determine what client-related factors influence an observer’s decisions regarding treatment, perceived level of pain and disability, and entitlement to compensation. Of particular interest is the impact of a client’s physical and functional assessment results, coping style, and pain expressiveness.
- In June 2007, the WRC began a collaborative research project on the Insomnia Intervention Program with Dalhousie University. The objective is to better understand the nature of the injured worker’s sleep complaints and to develop an assessment, intervention and follow-up tool that will be used to help the injured worker sleep better. Research is being conducted with clients in the Work Recovery Program.
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