Web-based guided self-help for employees with depressive symptoms (Happy@Work): Design of a randomized controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Geraedts, Anna S ^a,b   Kleiboer, Annet M ^a,b   Wiezer, Noortje M ^b,c   van Mechelen, Willem ^b   Cuijpers, Pim ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Cognitive therapy; Depression; Employees; Internet; Occupational therapy; Problem solving; Randomized trial.; Self help

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTRANET; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ABSENTEEISM; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JOB SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84873938574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-61     Document Type: Article

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