The Mental Vitality @ Work Study: Effectiveness of a Mental Module for WorkersÊ Health Surveillance for Nurses and Allied Health Care Professionals on Their Help-Seeking Behavior

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1219-1229

  Gärtner, Fania R ^a   Nieuwenhuijsen, Karen ^a   Ketelaar, Sarah M ^a   Van Dijk, Frank J H ^a   Sluiter, Judith K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORK CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885577261     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31829f310a     Document Type: Article

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