Effectiveness of an exposure-based return-to-work program for workers on sick leave due to common mental disorders: A cluster-randomized controlled trial

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 144-154

  Noordik, Erik ^a   van der Klink, Jac J ^b   Geskus, Ronald B ^a   de Boer, Michiel R ^b   van Dijk, Frank J H ^a   Nieuwenhuijsen, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Occupational health; RTW; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETURN PERIOD; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETURN TO WORK; SOMATIZATION; WORKER;

EID: 84874735426     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3320     Document Type: Article

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