Improving motivation and goal setting for return to work in a population on sick leave: A controlled study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-94

  Drews, Birgit ^a   Nielsen, Claus V ^a   Hjort, Jakob ^a   Rasmussen, Mette S ^b   Bonde, Jens P ^b  

^a Department of Public Health ^*  (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Controlled study; intervention study; return to work; sick leave; sickness absence; social medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIAL WORKER; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847319200     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940600868598     Document Type: Article

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