Early and Late Return to Work After Sick Leave: Predictors in a Cohort of Sick-Listed Individuals with Common Mental DisordersSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 25 - Trang 627-637 - 2015
Kerstin Ekberg, Charlotte Wåhlin, Jan Persson, Lars Bernfort, Birgitta Öberg
Objectives The study aims to identify individual and workplace factors
associated with early return to work (RTW)—defined as within 3 months—and
factors associated with later RTW—between 3 and 12 months after being
sick-listed—in a cohort of newly sick-listed individuals with common mental
disorders. Methods In a prospective cohort study, a cross-sectional analysis was
performed on baseline measur... hiện toàn bộ
Management of Long Term Sickness Absence: A Systematic Realist ReviewSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 22 - Trang 322-332 - 2012
Angela Higgins, Peter O’Halloran, Sam Porter
Purpose The increasing impact and costs of long term sickness absence have been
well documented. However, the diversity and complexity of interventions and of
the contexts in which these take place makes a traditional review problematic.
Therefore, we undertook a systematic realist review to identify the dominant
programme theories underlying best practice, to assess the evidence for these
theorie... hiện toàn bộ
Is it a Case of “Work-Anxiety” When Patients Report Bad Workplace Characteristics and Low Work Ability?Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 27 - Trang 106-114 - 2016
Beate Muschalla
Aims Work-anxiety may produce overly negative views of the workplace that impair
provider efforts to assess work ability from patient self-report. This study
explores the empirical relationships between patient-reported workplace
characteristics, work-anxiety, and subjective and objective work ability
measures. Methods 125 patients in medical rehabilitation before vocational
reintegration were int... hiện toàn bộ
Shame-Inducing Encounters. Negative Emotional Aspects of Sickness-Absentees' Interactions with Rehabilitation ProfessionalsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 13 - Trang 183-195 - 2003
Tommy Svensson, Agneta Karlsson, Kristina Alexanderson, Cecilia Nordqvist
There is little knowledge on how sickness absentees experience encounters with
rehabilitation professionals. This paper explores and describes negative
emotions (“shame” in a broad sense) experienced by individuals on sick leave in
their interactions with rehabilitation professionals. We performed a qualitative
analysis of data from five focus-group interviews. The participants had
experience of s... hiện toàn bộ
What Happens to Work if you’re Unwell? Beliefs and Attitudes of Managers and Employees With Musculoskeletal Pain in a Public Sector SettingSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 21 - Trang 31-42 - 2010
Gwenllian Wynne-Jones, Rhiannon Buck, Carol Porteous, Lucy Cooper, Lori A. Button, Chris J. Main, Ceri J. Phillips
Introduction: Musculoskeletal complaints can impact on work in terms of
productivity, sickness absence and long term incapacity for work. While employee
attitudes and knowledge can drive absenteeism and presenteeism behaviour,
managers also play an important role in influencing this via the quality of
their relationships with employees and their role in implementing organisational
policies and pro... hiện toàn bộ
Work-related Musculoskeletal Symptoms in SurgeonsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 19 - Trang 175-184 - 2009
Grace P. Y. Szeto, Pei Ho, Albert C. W. Ting, Jensen T. C. Poon, Stephen W. K. Cheng, Raymond C. C. Tsang
Introduction Surgeons are a unique group of healthcare professionals who are at
risk for developing work-related musculoskeletal symptoms (WMS). The diversity
of operating skills for laparoscopic and endovascular procedures impose
different physical demands on surgeons, who also work under time pressure. The
present study aims to examine the physical and psychosocial factors and their
association ... hiện toàn bộ
Twenty Years of Multidisciplinary Research and Practice: The Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Then and NowSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 21 - Trang 449-454 - 2011
William S. Shaw, Patricia A. Findley, Michael Feuerstein
Background Early research of work disability in the 1980s showed a complexity of
factors influencing pain and health-related functional limitation at work;
hence, multidisciplinary perspectives were necessary to understand the complex
interplay between biomechanical, organizational, social, and psychological
factors impacting work disability. To address this need, the Journal of
Occupational Rehab... hiện toàn bộ
Work and Family Support Systems and the Prevalence of Lower Back Problems in a South African Steel IndustrySpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 17 - Trang 409-421 - 2007
Bernard van Vuuren, Evert Zinzen, Hendrik J. van Heerden, Piet J. Becker, Romain Meeusen
Back complaints are a common in society. An analytical cross-sectional
epidemiological study was carried out among 366 steel plant workers to examine
the prevalence and association between lower back problems (LBP) and family and
workplace related psychosocial risk factors. Using inclusive and stringent
definitions for LBP, point prevalence was 35.8% and 15.3%, respectively.
Logistic regression an... hiện toàn bộ