Feasibility of a worker-directed web-based intervention for employees with depressive symptoms

Internet Interventions

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 132-140

  Geraedts, Anna S ^a,b   Kleiboer, Annet M ^a,b   Wiezer, Noortje M ^b,c   Cuijpers, Pim ^a,b   van Mechelen, Willem ^b   Anema, Johannes R ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; Employees; Feasibility; Occupational therapy; Prevention; Process evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING;

EID: 84950306678     PISSN: 22147829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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