Pain-related work interference is a key factor in a worker/workplace model of work absence duration due to musculoskeletal conditions in Canadian nurses

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 585-596

  Murray, Eleanor ^a,b   Franche, Renée Louise ^b,c,d,g   Ibrahim, Selahadin ^b,g   Smith, Peter ^b,e,g   Carnide, Nancy ^b,g   Côté, Pierre ^f,g   Gibson, Jane ^b,h   Guzman, Jaime ^c   Koehoorn, Mieke ^c   Mustard, Cameron ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Office   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Healthcare workers; Multimorbidity; Musculoskeletal injuries; Pain; Work absence

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LEAVE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TRADE UNION; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84886093436     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-012-9408-7     Document Type: Article

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