Are low back pain and low physical capacity risk indicators for dropout among recently qualified eldercare workers? A follow-up study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 810-816

  Faber, Anne ^a   Giver, Hanne ^a   Strøyer, Jesper ^a   Hannerz, Harald ^a  

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

Author keywords

Disability; elder care; health care; job dropout; job turnover; low back pain; muscle strength; Nordic Questionnaires; prospective study; retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WORK CAPACITY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 78650453697     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810379891     Document Type: Article

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