Prognostic factors for duration of sick leave due to low-back pain in Dutch health care professionals

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 591-605

  Steenstra, Ivan A ^a   Koopman, Fieke S ^a   Knol, Dirk L ^a   Kat, Eric ^b   Bongers, Paulien M ^a   De Vet, Henrica C W ^a   Van Mechelen, Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Back pain; Prognosis; Return to work; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STRESS; WORK; WORK DISABILITY; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKER; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27644461066     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-005-8037-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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