The Work Ability Index as a screening tool To identify the need for rehabilitation: Longitudinal findings from the Second German Sociomedical Panel of Employees

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 980-987

  Bethge, Matthias ^a,b   Radoschewski, Friedrich Michael ^b   Gutenbrunner, Christoph ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Rehabilitation; Screening; Work Ability Index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNEMPLOYMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; WORK; WORK CAPACITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 84869071279     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1063     Document Type: Article

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