Focus Group Study Exploring Factors Related to Frequent Sickness Absence
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Focus Group Study Exploring Factors Related to Frequent Sickness Absence
INTRODUCTION Research investigating frequent sickness absence (3 or more episodes per year) is scarce and qualitative research from the perspective of frequent absentees themselves is lacking. The aim of the current study is to explore awareness, determinants of and solutions to frequent sickness absence from the perspective of frequent absentees themselves. METHODS We performed a qualitative...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148647