Impact of burnout and psychosocial work characteristics on future long-term sickness absence. Prospective results of the Danish PUMA study among human service workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 964-970

  Borritz, Marianne ^a   Christensen, Karl Bang ^c   Bültmann, Ute ^d   Rugulies, Reiner ^b   Lund, Thomas ^e   Andersen, Ingelise ^c   Villadsen, Ebbe ^b   Diderichsen, Finn ^c   Kristensen, Tage S ^f  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^f Task Consult   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77957987022     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181f12f95     Document Type: Article

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