Exploring factors relevant in the assessment of the return-to-work process of employees on long-term sickness absence due to a depressive disorder: A focus group study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Muijzer, Anna ^a   Brouwer, Sandra ^a   Geertzen, Jan H ^b   Groothoff, Johan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SICK LEAVE;

EID: 84856565498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-103     Document Type: Article

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