Sick leave among home-care personnel: A longitudinal study of risk factors

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Horneij, Eva L ^a,b   Jensen, Irene B ^c   Holmström, Eva B ^b   Ekdahl, Charlotte ^b  

^a Ramlösa Clinic   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORK;

COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NURSES; NURSES' AIDES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXERTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 12344288575     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-5-38     Document Type: Article

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