Do fear-avoidance beliefs play a role on the association between low back pain and sickness absence? A prospective cohort study among female health care workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-90

  Jensen, Jette Nygaard ^a   Karpatschof, Benny ^b   Labriola, Merete ^c   Albertsen, Karen ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 75749084105     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181c95b9e     Document Type: Article

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