Occupational burnout as a predictor of disability pension: A population-based cohort study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 284-290

  Ahola, K ^a   Gould, R ^b   Virtanen, M ^a   Honkonen, T ^a,c   Aromaa, A ^d   Lonnqvist J ^c,d  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b Finnish Centre for Pensions   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PENSION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PENSIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 66249101250     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.038935     Document Type: Article

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