Burnout levels and self-rated health prospectively predict future long-term sickness absence: A study among female health professionals

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 788-793

  Peterson, Ulla ^a   Bergström, Gunnar ^b   Demerouti, Evangelia ^c   Gustavsson, Petter ^b   Åsberg, Marie ^d   Nygren, Åke ^d  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT; DEPRESSION; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM SICKNESS ABSENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OLDENBURG BURNOUT INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SELF RATED HEALTH; SHORT FORM 36;

EID: 79960834325     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318222b1dc     Document Type: Article

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