Health risk behaviors and morbidity among hospital staff - comparison across hospital ward medical specialties in a study of 21 Finnish hospitals

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 228-237

  Virtanen, Marianna ^a   Vahtera, Jussi ^a,b   David Batty, G ^c   Tuisku, Katinka ^a,d   Oksanen, Tuula ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^e   Ahola, Kirsi ^a   Pentti, Jaana ^a   Salo, Paula ^a   Vartti, Anne Marie ^f,g   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,c,g  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF HELSINKI AND UUSIMAA   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Healthcare personnel; Medication; Mental health; Prospective study; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

BASELINE SURVEY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MEDICINE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; FINLAND; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; SURGICAL WARD; TREATMENT DURATION; WARD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SICK LEAVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

FINLAND;

EID: 84860770615     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3264     Document Type: Article

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