Does patient cognition predict time off from work after life-threatening accidents?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2025-2031

  Schnyder, Ulrich ^a   Moergeli, Hanspeter ^b   Klaghofer, Richard ^b   Sensky, Tom ^b   Buchi, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SICK LEAVE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 10244252732     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.11.2025     Document Type: Article

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