Job stress among middle-aged health care workers and its relation to sickness absence

Stress and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 265-274

  Verhaeghe, Rik ^a   Mak, Rudolf ^a   Maele, Van ^a   Kornitzer, Marcel ^b   De Backer, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

'Absenteeism'; Health care workers; Job stress; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS;

EID: 1642441752     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.985     Document Type: Article

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