BACKGROUND: Many people suffer from complaints of the arm, neck or shoulder (CANS). CANS causes significant work problems, including absenteeism (sickness absence), presenteeism (decreased work productivity) and, ultimately, job loss. There is a need for intervention programs for people suffering from …

OBJECTIVE: To develop a Dutch version of the Stanford Presenteeism Scale (SPS-6) and examine the reliability and discriminant, discriminative and structural validity of the Dutch SPS-6 (DSPS-6). METHODS: The original SPS-6 (English-language) was translated and adapted to the Dutch culture. Thirty participants …

Purpose: The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of a Self-Management Program for workers with a chronic disease. This program is based on the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program of Stanford University, modified for workers with a chronic somatic disease. Methods: In a randomized …

BACKGROUND: Complaints of the arm, neck, or shoulder (CANS) have a multifactorial origin and cause considerable work problems, including decreased work productivity, sickness absence, and, ultimately, job loss. There is a need for intervention programs for people with CANS. Self-management is an approach …

To explore consultation reports for patient and employment characteristics and recommendations on employment regarding patients with neuromuscular diseases (NMDs). Eighty percent of the included consultation reports contained information on employment. Less than half the patients with NMD were employed, …

Het kennisproduct Didactische Interventies vormt een van de concrete producten (artefacten) van het promotieonderzoek van Josephine Lappia (2007-2011) richt zich op (1) het achterhalen van belangrijke factoren die de kwaliteit van leerwerkarrangementen (zoals Innovation Labs) beïnvloeden, (2) het ontwerpen …

Overgewicht is momenteel het snelst groeiende volksgezondheidsprobleem in Nederland. Uit eerder onderzoek blijkt dat werknemers met overgewicht twee maal zo vaak verzuimen en minder productief zijn dan collegas zonder overgewicht. Om overgewicht bij werknemers aan te pakken, of liever nog te voorkómen, …

In the Netherlands educational programs exist to train physical therapists (PTs) to treat employees with work-related complaints of the movement system. Contrary to occupational physical therapists working in workplaces, these professional work mainly in primary healthcare. WPT2011 Research Report Abstratc …

In deze inspiratiebundel zijn onder redactie van Josephine Lappie en Jittie Brandsma acht gesprekken met lectoren over kenniscreatie en kenniscirculatie bij elkaar gebracht. Kenniscentra en kenniscirculatie vormen twee belangrijke doelstellingen van lectoraten. In de gesprekken wordt teruggeblikt op …

Employees with a chronic disease often encounter problems at work because of their chronic disease. The current paper describes the development of a self-management programme based on the Chronic Disease Self-Management programme (CDSMP) of Stanford University to help employees with a chronic somatic …