Predicting the two-year course of unexplained fatigue and the onset of long-term sickness absence in fatigued employees: Results from the Maastricht Cohort Study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1041-1047

  Huibers, Marcus J H ^a   Bültmann, Ute ^b   Kasl, Stanislav V ^c   Kant, IJmert ^a   Van Amelsvoort, Ludovic G P M ^a   Van Schayck, Constant P ^a   Swaen, Gerard M H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SURVIVAL; WELLBEING; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICK LEAVE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 5444235299     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000137714.46149.17     Document Type: Article

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