Workplace interventions to prevent work disability in workers on sick leave

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  van Vilsteren, Myrthe ^a   van Oostrom, Sandra H ^b   de Vet, Henrica C W ^a   Franche, Renée Louise ^c   Boot, Cécile R L ^a   Anema, Johannes R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETURN TO WORK; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORK DISABILITY; WORKPLACE; ABSENTEEISM; LOW BACK PAIN; MENTAL DISORDERS; META ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ABSENTEEISM; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETURN TO WORK; SICK LEAVE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84979853674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006955.pub3     Document Type: Review

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