Risk factors for sickness absence due to low back pain and prognostic factors for return to work in a cohort of shipyard workers

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1185-1192

  Alexopoulos, Evangelos C ^a,b   Konstantinou, Eleni C ^b   Bakoyannis, Giorgos ^c   Tanagra, Dimitra ^b   Burdorf, Alex ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Shipyards SA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Prognosis; Recurrence; Return to work; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; LEADERSHIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NIGHT WORK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHIPYARD WORKER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKLOAD; WRIST DISEASE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SHIPS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 50849087337     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-008-0711-0     Document Type: Article

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