Sleep disturbances and fatigue: Independent predictors of sickness absence? A prospective study among 6538 employees

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-128

  Bultmann, Ute ^a   Nielsen, Maj Britt D ^b   Madsen, Ida E H ^b   Burr, Hermann ^c   Rugulies, Reiner ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICK LEAVE; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876512589     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr207     Document Type: Review

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