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

• Main Authors: Lianne S Schouten (Author), Catelijne I Joling (Author), Joost WJ van der Gulden (Author), Martijn W Heymans (Author), Ute Bültmann (Author), Corné AM Roelen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...