The long-term prediction of return to work following serious accidental injuries: A follow up study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hepp, Urs ^a   Moergeli, Hanspeter ^b   Buchi, Stefan ^c   Bruchhaus Steinert, Helke ^d   Sensky, Tom ^e   Schnyder, Ulrich ^b  

^a Psychiatrische Dienste Aargau AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Privatklinik Hohenegg ^*  (Switzerland)

^d Institute for Ecological Systemic Therapy   (Switzerland)

^e WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; WORK RESUMPTION; ACCIDENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; HEALTH STATUS; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79953658236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-53     Document Type: Article

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