Sick leave in patients with obstructive lung disease is related to psychosocial and work variables rather than to FEV1

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1022-1031

  Boot, Cécile R L ^a   Vercoulen, Jan H M M ^a,b   van der Gulden, Joost W J ^a   Orbon, Karin H ^a   van den Hoogen, Henk ^b   Folgering, Hans Th M ^a  

^a Department of Pulmonology Dekkerswald   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; Perception; Quality of life; Sickness absence; Work

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONALITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 20444408762     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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