The relations between psychosocial factors at work and health status among workers in home care organizations

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-192

  Eriksen, Hege R ^a,b   Ihlebæk, Camilla ^a   Jansen, Jeroen P ^b   Burdorf, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demand control; LBP; Musculoskeletal pain; Nursing; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33845253612     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1303_1     Document Type: Article

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