Predictors of return to work in employees sick-listed with mental health problems: Findings from a longitudinal study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 806-811

  Nielsen, Maj Britt D ^a   Madsen, Ida E H ^a   Bültmann, Ute ^b   Christensen, Ulla ^c   Diderichsen, Finn ^c   Rugulies, Reiner ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

common mental disorders; depression; mental health problems; prediction; return to work; sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 82355171670     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq171     Document Type: Article

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