Staying at work with chronic nonspecific musculoskeletal pain: A qualitative study of workers' experiences

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  De Vries, Haitze J ^a   Brouwer, Sandra ^a   Groothoff, Johan W ^a   Geertzen, Jan H B ^a   Reneman, Michiel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC NONSPECIFIC MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OFFICE WORKER; PERSONALITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THERAPY; WORK EXPERIENCE; ABSENTEEISM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALGESIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957834457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-126     Document Type: Article

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