Does self-management for return to work increase the effectiveness of vocational rehabilitation for chronic compensated musculoskeletal disorders?-Protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ellis, Niki ^a   Johnston, Venerina ^b   Gargett, Susan ^c   MacKenzie, Alison ^b   Strong, Jennifer ^b   Battersby, Malcolm ^d   McLeod, Rebecca ^e   Adam, Keith ^e   Jull, Gwendolen ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Medibank Health Solutions   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK DISABILITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SELF CARE; SICK LEAVE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 77954207829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-115     Document Type: Article

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