Effect of job maintenance training program for employees with chronic disease - a randomized controlled trial on self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and fatigue

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 288-297

  Varekamp, Inge ^a   Verbeek, Jos H ^a,b   de Boer, Angela ^a   van Dijk, Frank J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Occupational health; Psychological distress; RCT; Training; Work related problem

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EMPLOYMENT; EMPOWERMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PSYCHOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF CONCEPT; TRAINING; WORK CAPACITY; EMPLOYEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POWER ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF EFFICACY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79960041179     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3149     Document Type: Article

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