How to engage occupational physicians in recruitment of research participants: A mixed-methods study of challenges and opportunities

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-78

  Arends, Iris ^a   Bültmann, Ute ^a   Shaw, William S ^b   Van Rhenen, Willem ^c,d   Roelen, Corné ^a,d   Nielsen, Karina ^e   Van Der Klink, Jac J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^c Business University Nyenrode   (Netherlands)

^d 365 Occupational Health Services   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers and facilitators; Mixed methods; Occupational health care; Participant recruitment; RCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84895089936     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-013-9452-y     Document Type: Article

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