Association between illness perceptions and return-to-work expectations in workers with common mental health symptoms

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 160-170

  Løvvik, Camilla ^a,b   Øverland, Simon ^b,c   Hysing, Mari ^a   Broadbent, Elizabeth ^d   Reme, Silje E ^a,e  

^a Uni Research   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Common mental health symptoms (MHSs); Depression; Illness perceptions; Return to work (RTW); RTW expectations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETURN TO WORK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETURN TO WORK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895118719     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-013-9439-8     Document Type: Article

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