Screening manual and office workers for risk of long-term sickness absence: cut-off points for the Work Ability Index

Screening manual and office workers for risk of long-term sickness absence: cut-off points for the Work Ability Index

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the Work Ability Index (WAI) as a tool to screen for risk of different durations of long-term sickness absence (LTSA) among manual and office workers. METHODS: The prospective study comprised a cohort of 3049 (1710 manual and 1339 office) workers...

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Main Authors: Lianne S Schouten, Catelijne I Joling, Joost WJ van der Gulden, Martijn W Heymans, Ute Bültmann, Corné AM Roelen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH) 2015-01-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
Subjects:
discriminative ability
prognostic research
youden index
roc analysis
calibration
sick leave
screening
absenteeism
work ability index
sensitivity
specificity
manual worker
office worker
long-term sickness absence
wai
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