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Open AccessHealth status, work limitations, and return-to-work trajectories in injured workers with musculoskeletal disorders
The purpose of this study was to describe the health status and work limitations in injured workers with musculoskeletal disorders at 1 month post-injury, stratified by return-to-work status, and to document t...
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Open AccessCoordinated and Tailored Work Rehabilitation: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Economic Evaluation Undertaken with Workers on Sick Leave Due to Musculoskeletal Disorders
Introduction In Denmark, the magnitude and impact of work disability on the individual worker and society has prompted the development of a new “coordinated and tailored work rehabilitati...
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Open AccessBehavioral Determinants as Predictors of Return to Work After Long-Term Sickness Absence: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior
Background The aim of this prospective, longitudinal cohort study was to analyze the association between the three behavioral determinants of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) model—at...
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Predicting long-term sickness absence and early retirement pension from self-reported work ability
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Open AccessA Prospective Study of Return to Work Across Health Conditions: Perceived Work Attitude, Self-efficacy and Perceived Social Support
Background The aim of the present study was to conduct subgroup-analyses in a prospective cohort of workers on long-term sickness absence to investigate whether associations between perceived work attitude, self-...
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Open AccessPrevention of recurrent sickness absence among employees with common mental disorders: design of a cluster-randomised controlled trial with cost-benefit and effectiveness evaluation
Common mental disorders, such as depression, anxiety disorder, and adjustment disorder, have emerged as a major public and occupational health problem in many countries. These disorders can have severe consequ...
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Open AccessGender and age differences in the recurrence of sickness absence due to common mental disorders: a longitudinal study
Common mental disorders (CMDs) are an important cause of sickness absence and long-term work disability. Although CMDs are known to have high recurrence rates, little is known about the recurrence of sickness ...
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Sociaal-medische beoordeling van arbeidsvermogen vanuit een participatiegerichte benadering
In de sociale zekerheid is een verschuiving gaande van een compensatiemodel naar een participatiemodel. Dit betekent dat de verzorgingsstaat, waarin het uitgangspunt is om mensen die niet in staat zijn aan arb...
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Open AccessRecurrence of sickness absence due to common mental disorders
Common mental disorders (CMDs) are an important cause of work disability. Although CMDs are known to have high recurrence rates, little is known about the recurrence of sickness absence due to CMDs. This study...
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Kritische evaluatie van meeteigenschappen van zelfgerapporteerde vragenlijsten die het functioneren in werk meten in populaties met psychische gezondheidsproblematiek
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Open AccessSystematic Review of Intervention Practices for Depression in the Workplace
Design Systematic Review. Objective To determine which intervention approaches to manage depression in the workplace have been successful and yielded value for employers in developed economies. D...
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Open AccessExternal validation of two prediction models identifying employees at risk of high sickness absence: cohort study with 1-year follow-up
Two models including age, self-rated health (SRH) and prior sickness absence (SA) were found to predict high SA in health care workers. The present study externally validated these prediction models in a popul...
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The Work Role Functioning Questionnaire 2.0 (Dutch Version): Examination of its Reliability, Validity and Responsiveness in the General Working Population
Purpose: The promotion of a sustainable, healthy and productive working life attracts more and more attention. Recently the Work Role Functioning Questionnaire (WRFQ) has been cross-culturally tr...
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Prognostic Factors for Successful Work Functioning in the General Working Population
Purpose To help workers to stay at work in a healthy productive and sustainable way and for the development of interventions to improve work functioning, it is important to have insight in progno...
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Work Adjustments in a Representative Sample of Employees with a Chronic Disease in the Netherlands
Purpose The aims of this study are: (1) to describe the prevalence of needed and implemented work adjustments in a representative sample of Dutch employees with a chronic disease; and (2) to asse...
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Open AccessImplementation of the Participatory Approach to increase supervisors’ self-efficacy in supporting employees at risk for sick leave; design of a randomised controlled trial
The burden of sick leave for society and organisations underlines the urgent need to prevent sick leave. An effective workplace intervention for organisations to shorten sick leave episodes is the Participator...
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How to Engage Occupational Physicians in Recruitment of Research Participants: A Mixed-Methods Study of Challenges and Opportunities
Purpose To investigate barriers and facilitators for research participant recruitment by occupational physicians (OPs). Methods A mixed-methods approach was used. Focus groups and interviews were...
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Prolonged fatigue is associated with sickness absence in men but not in women: prospective study with 1-year follow-up of white-collar employees
Prolonged fatigue adversely affects an individual’s performance and functioning. The present study investigated the prospective associations between prolonged fatigue and sickness absence (SA) during 1-year fo...
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Differences in predictors for return to work following musculoskeletal injury between workers with and without somatic comorbidities
In workers with musculoskeletal injuries, comorbidity is associated with worse return to work (RTW) outcomes. In the context of RTW, it is unclear whether associations between predictors and RTW are similar or...
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Reliability and Validity of the Work Role Functioning Questionnaire (Spanish Version)
Purpose Recently, the cross-cultural adaptation of the Work Role Functioning Questionnaire to Spanish was carried out, achieving satisfactory psychometric properties. Now we examined the reliabil...
