Effectiveness of a minimal psychological intervention to reduce mild to moderate depression and chronic fatigue in a working population: The design of a randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Aelfers, Ed ^a,b   Bosma, Hans ^a   Houkes, Inge ^a   Van Eijk, Jacques Th M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DSM RESOLVE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873700902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-129     Document Type: Article

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