Prevention of recurrent sickness absence in workers with common mental disorders: Results of a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-29

  Arends, Iris ^a   Van Der Klink, Jac J L ^a   Van Rhenen, Willem ^b,c   De Boer, Michiel R ^a,d   Bültmann, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Business University Nyenrode   (Netherlands)

^c 365 Occupational Health Service   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BURN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETURN TO WORK; STIMULATING HEALTHY PARTICIPATION AND RELAPSE PREVENTION AT WORK INTERVENTION; STRESS; WORK CAPACITY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ODDS RATIO; PROBLEM SOLVING; RETURN TO WORK; SICK LEAVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890122209     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101412     Document Type: Article

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