Integrating health-related quality of life with sickness leave days for return-to-work assessment in traumatic limb injuries

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2307-2314

  Hou, Wen Hsuan ^a,b,c   Liang, Huey Wen ^d   Hsieh, Ching Lin ^e   Sheu, Ching Fan ^f   Hwang, Jing Shiang ^g   Chuang, Hung Yi ^h,i  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^h KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁱ KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Return to work; Sickness leave days; Subgroups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETURN TO WORK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARM INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETURN TO WORK; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892823219     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0364-2     Document Type: Article

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