Quality of life and illness perception in working and sick-listed chronic RSI patients

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 495-501

  Sluiter, Judith K ^a   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Illness perception; Quality of life; Repetitive strain injuries; Work related upper extremity musculo skeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38049161792     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0222-z     Document Type: Article

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