Elevated burnout predicts the onset of musculoskeletal pain among apparently healthy employees

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-408

  Armon, Galit ^a   Melamed, Samuel ^b   Shirom, Arie ^a   Shapira, Itzhak ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burnout; Incidence; Musculoskeletal pain; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 78549233007     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020726     Document Type: Article

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