The predictive value of mental health for long-term sickness absence: The Major Depression Inventory (MDI) and the Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5) compared

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Thorsen, Sannie Vester ^a   Rugulies, Reiner ^a   Hjarsbech, Pernille U ^a   Bjorner, Jakob Bue ^a,b  

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

^b QualityMetric   (United States)

Author keywords

Head to head comparison; Questionnaire; Survey instrument

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883865484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-115     Document Type: Article

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