Effectiveness of an interactive website aimed at empowerment of disability benefit claimants: Results of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 410-420

  Samoocha, David ^a,b   Snels, Ingrid A K ^a,b   Bruinvels, David J ^a,b   Anema, Johannes R ^a,b   Van Der Beek, Allard J ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disability assessments; Empowerment; Internet; Medical disability claimants; Physician patient relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; TEACHING;

ADULT; AWARENESS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84856669054     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-010-9283-z     Document Type: Article

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