Health-related quality of life and sickness absence in community nursing home employees: Randomized controlled trial of physical exercise

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 558-563

  Brox, Jens Ivar ^a   Frooystein O ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Physical exercise; Randomized Controlled trial; Sickness absence; Worksite

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICK LEAVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 28044445058     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi153     Document Type: Article

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