Burnout as a predictor of all-cause mortality among industrial employees: A 10-year prospective register-linkage study

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-57

  Ahola, Kirsi ^a   Väänänen, Ari ^a   Koskinen, Aki ^a   Kouvonen, Anne ^b   Shirom, Arie ^c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burnout; Exhaustion; Forest industry; Mortality; Prospective; Work

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAIN; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORESTRY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953799461     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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