Technical Paper Archives - SRDC https://www.srdc.org/report-types/technical-paper/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:08:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 UPSKILL: A Credible Test of Workplace Literacy and Essential Skills Training https://www.srdc.org/project/upskill-a-credible-test-of-workplace-literacy-and-essential-skills-training/ Sun, 15 Feb 2004 21:55:20 +0000 https://srdc.u7wpdev.com/project/upskill-a-credible-test-of-workplace-literacy-and-essential-skills-training/ A large-scale demonstration project to measure the impacts of literacy and essential skills (LES) training in the workplace. The project uses a random assignment…

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]]> A large-scale demonstration project to measure the impacts of literacy and essential skills (LES) training in the workplace. The project uses a random assignment design to provide the most reliable measures of the impacts of LES training on workers skills, their job performance, and other outcomes relevant to workers and firm-level objectives. Approximately 80-100 firms and 1,200 workers participated, half of whom received training; the other half served as a control group in the study.

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]]> The Effects of Online Patient Access to Laboratory Results in British Columbia: A Patient Survey Regarding Comprehension and Anxiety https://www.srdc.org/project/the-effects-of-online-patient-access-to-laboratory-results-in-british-columbia-a-patient-survey-regarding-comprehension-and-anxiety/ Sat, 01 Aug 2015 20:52:52 +0000 https://srdc.u7wpdev.com/project/the-effects-of-online-patient-access-to-laboratory-results-in-british-columbia-a-patient-survey-regarding-comprehension-and-anxiety/ Background: Online patient access to personal health information is limited but increasing in Canada and internationally. Objective: This exploratory study aimed to increase understanding…

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]]> Background: Online patient access to personal health information is limited but increasing in Canada and internationally. Objective: This exploratory study aimed to increase understanding of how online access to laboratory test results in British Columbia (Canada) – which has been broadly available since 2010 – affects patients’ experiences.

Methods: In November 2013, we surveyed adults in B.C. who had had a laboratory test in the previous 12 months. Using a retrospective cohort design, we compared reported wait-time for results, test result comprehension, and anxiety levels of “service users” who had online access to their test results (n=2047) with those of a general population panel that did not have online access (n=1245).

Results: The vast majority of service users (84.0%, 95% CI 82.3% – 85.7%) said they received their results within “a few days”, compared to just over a third of the comparison group (37.8% 95% CI 35.0% – 40.7%). Most in both groups said they understood their test results, but the rate was lower for service users than the comparison group (75.5%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 73.6% – 77.5% vs. 84.7%, 95% CI% 82.6% – 86.8%).

There was no significant difference between groups in levels of reported anxiety after receiving test results. Conclusions: While most of those who received their laboratory test results online reported little anxiety after receiving their results and were satisfied with the service, there may be opportunities to improve comprehension of results

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