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Klein Hesselink, J. (author), de Leede, J. (author), Goudswaard, A. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)This article reports a field study of a shift roster change in a large steel producer. The changes in the roster are threefold: (1) from backward rotating to forward rotating; (2) from rather slow (three) to fast rotating (two consecutive shifts); (3) the number of days off after the night shifts was changed from two to three. Company data cover...article 2010
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Ybema, J.F. (author), Smulders, P.G.W. (author), Bongers, P.M. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)This study examined the interrelations between registered employee absenteeism, job satisfaction, and burnout in a longitudinal design with four yearly waves of data. The participants were 844 workers in 34 companies in The Netherlands. In line with the predictions, a reciprocal relationship between job satisfaction and absence frequency was...article 2010
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), de Vroome, E.M.M. (author), Koppes, L.L.J. (author), Smulders, P.G.W. (author), van den Bossche, S.N.J. (author)Research to establish (work related) risk factors of sickness absence is usually restricted to self-reported measures of sickness absence. When risk factors and outcome measures are both collected with self-administered questionnaires, however, this may suffer from monomethod bias. In the current research, absence was measured both with self...article 2010
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Heymans, M.W. (author), Anema, J.R. (author), van Buuren, S. (author), Knol, D.L. (author), van Mechelen, W. (author), de Vet, H.C.W. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Background From the viewpoint of cost prevention, it is necessary to identify patients that are of high risk for long-term work disability, production loss and sick-leave. Methods Secondary data analysis in a cohort of 628 workers on sick-leave between 3 and 6 weeks due to low back pain (LBP). The association of a broad set of demographic, work,...article 2009
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Buijs, P. (author), van Heuvel, F.D. (author), Steenbeek, R. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Background Employees absent from work through sickness often have contact with their GP and their occupational physician (OP). Little is as yet known about what they think of such contacts. We studied the employees' experience with and their opinions about these doctors. Method Unemployment services sent questionnaires to a sample of 5800 sick...article 2009
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), van Vuuren, T. (author), Ybema, J.F. (author)Employees who are absent for a prolonged period of time are expected to actively contribute to their own return to work. The present study examines how employers rate the employees' own initiative for return to work following longterm sickness absence and how this initiative affects successful return to work. In this study, a sample of 1294...article 2009
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Brenninkmeijer, V. (author), Houtman, I. (author), Blonk, R. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Background: The World Health Organization considers depression a major health problem and a leading cause of disability. Aim To identify factors which may help to reduce depressive symptoms in a sample of employees sick listed due to mental health problems. Methods: Longitudinal cohort study of employees sick listed for 12-20 weeks due to mental...article 2008
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de Vente, W. (author), Kamphuis, J.H. (author), Emmelkamp, P.M.G. (author), Blonk, R.W.B. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Work-related stress is widespread and can lead to long-term absenteeism and work disability. Cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) has demonstrated effectiveness in treating psychopathology but has only rarely been tested in clinical samples with work-related stress. A randomized controlled trial was conducted to investigate the efficacy of CBT...article 2008
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), van Rhenen, W. (author), Schaufeli, W.B. (author), van Dijk, F.J.H. (author), Blonk, R.W.B. (author)Objectives: The aim of this study is to examine the role of coping styles in sickness absence. In line with findings that contrast the reactive-passive focused strategies, problem-solving strategies are generally associated with positive results in terms of well-being and overall health outcomes; our hypothesis is that such strategies are...article 2008
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), Hooftman, W.E. (author), Westerman, M.J. (author), van der Beek, A.J. (author), Bongers, P.M. (author), van Mechelen, W. (author)Objective: The objective of this study was to determine what makes men and women with musculoskeletal complaints decide to call in sick for work. Methods: Qualitative, face-to-face interviews were used with employees (16 men and 14 women) who had called in sick due to a musculoskeletal complaint and who expected to be absent from work for at...article 2008
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van den Heuvel, S.G. (author), Heinrich, J. (author), Jans, M. (author), van der Beek, A. (author), Bongers, P. (author)The object of this study was to examine, in a working population, the preventive effects of several forms of physical activity in leisure time on neck and upper limb symptoms as well as absence from work due to these symptoms. Data were used from a prospective cohort study with a follow-up period of three years. For this analysis a cohort of 1...article 2007
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van den Heuvel, S.G. (author), IJmker, S. (author), Blatter, B.M. (author), de Korte, E.M. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Introduction: The objective of the present study is to describe the extent of productivity loss among computer workers with neck/shoulder symptoms and hand/arm symptoms, and to examine associations between pain intensity, various physical and psychosocial factors and productivity loss in computer workers with neck/shoulder and hand/arm symptoms....article 2007
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Griffith, L.E. (author), Hogg-Johnson, S. (author), Cole, D.C. (author), Krause, N. (author), Hayden, J. (author), Burdorf, A. (author), Leclerc, A. (author), Coggon, D. (author), Bongers, P. (author), Walter, S.D. (author), Shannon, H.S. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Objective: To determine which literature-based definitions of low back pain (LBP) could be combined to produce sufficiently similar sets for use in a meta-analysis. Study Design and Setting: A group of six international experts participated in an e-mail-administered Delphi process. Literature-based LBP definitions were preliminarily classified...article 2007
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Jans, M.P. (author), van den Heuvel, S.G. (author), Hildebrandt, V.H. (author), Bongers, P.M. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)OBJECTIVE: To determine the relation between body mass index (BMI) and absenteeism. METHODS: Data were collected in a prospective cohort study (n = 1284). Multilevel analyses (linear mixed model with random intercept) with two levels (employee and company) were used to test whether BMI was related to duration and frequency of absenteeism and...article 2007
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Can sickness absence be reduced by stress reduction programs: On the effectiveness of two approachesvan Rhenen, W. (author), Blonk, R.W.B. (author), Schaufeli, W.B. (author), van Dijk, F.J.H. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of two brief preventive stress reduction programs - a cognitive focused program and a combined intervention of physical exercise and relaxation - on sickness absence in stressed and non-stressed employees working in various jobs in a telecom company. Methods: The study was...article 2007
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Bernaards, C.M. (author), Jans, M.P. (author), van den Heuvel, S.G. (author), Hendriksen, I.J. (author), Houtman, I.L. (author), Bongers, P.M. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Aims: To investigate the longitudinal relation between strenuous leisure time physical activity and psychological complaints (depression and emotional exhaustion) in a Dutch working population in order to find evidence For the preventive role of physical activity in the development of psychological complaints. Methods: All data came from the...article 2006
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Kornitzer, M. (author), DeSmet, P. (author), Sans, S. (author), Dramaix, M. (author), Boulenguez, C. (author), DeBacker, G. (author), Ferrario, M. (author), Houtman, I. (author), Isacsson, S.O. (author), Ostergren, P.O. (author), Peres, I. (author), Pelfrene, E. (author), Romon, M. (author), Rosengren, A. (author), Cesana, G. (author), Wilhelmsen, L. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)AIMS: The intention of this study is to investigate the relationship of the demands/control/strain model with hard coronary events in an epidemiological, prospective, multicenter, European study. METHODS AND RESULTS: Six cohorts (Brussels, Ghent, Lille, Barcelona, Göteborg and Malmö) from four European countries (Belgium, France, Spain and...article 2006
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- Buijs, P. (author), Anema, H. (author), Evers, M. (author), van Dijk, F. (author), van der Klink, J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author) article 2006
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Heymans, M.W. (author), de Vet, H.C.W. (author), Bongers, P.M. (author), Knol, D.L. (author), Koes, B.W. (author), van Mechelen, W. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Study Design. Randomized controlled trial. Objectives. To compare high- and low-intensity back schools with usual care in occupational health care. Summary of Background Data. The content and intensity of back schools vary widely and the methodologic quality of randomized controlled trials is generally weak. Until now, no back school has proven...article 2006
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- TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), Houtman, I.L.D. (author) public lecture 2006