Psychological factors are related to return to work among long-term sickness absentees who have undergone a multidisciplinary medical assessment

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-191

  Gustafsson, Klas ^a   Lundh, Göran ^a   Svedberg, Pia ^a   Linder, Jürgen ^a   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a   Marklund, Staffan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETURN TO WORK; RISK; SLEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMOTIONS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETURN TO WORK; SICK LEAVE; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875976070     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1077     Document Type: Article

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