Approaches for predicting long-term sickness absence. Re: Schouten et al. "Screening manual and office workers for risk of long-term sickness absence: cut-off points for the Work Ability Index"

• Main Authors: Ludovic GPM van Amelsvoort (Author), Nicole WH Jansen (Author), IJmert Kant (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We read with much interest the article of Schouten et al (1) on identifying workers with a high risk for future long-term sickness absence using the Work Ability Index (WAI). The ability to identify high-risk workers might facilitate targeted interventions for such workers and, consequently, can red...