Prediction of Long-Term Sickness Absence Among Employees with Depressive Complaints.
Introduction To study the properties of a screening instrument in predicting long-term sickness absence among employees with depressive complaints. Methods Employees at high risk of future sickness absence were selected by the screening instrument Balansmeter (BM). Depressive complaints were assesse...
| Published in: | Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 262 - 270 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2012
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