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Discordance Between Patient and Physician Global Assessments in Early Systemic Sclerosis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to identify factors associated with patient global assessment (PtGA) and physician global assessment (PhGA) and discordance between them in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Data from adults with early SSc (<5 years) from the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry were included.
Ellen Romich, Alexis Ogdie, Alisa Stephens Shields, Peter A. Merkel, Shervin Assassi, Elana J. Bernstein, Andreea Bujor, Flavia V. Castelino, Lorinda Chung, Luke B. Evnin, Tracy M. Frech, Jessica K. Gordon, Melissa Griffith, Faye N. Hant, Monica L. Harding, Laura K. Hummers, Dinesh Khanna, Kimberly S. Lakin, Dorota J. Lebiedz‐Odrobina, Yiming Luo, Ashima Makol, Maureen D. Mayes, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan, Jerry Molitor, Duncan F. Moore, Julie Paik, Carrie Richardson, Brian Skaug, Ami A. Shah, Ankoor Shah, Virginia Steen, John M. VanBuren, Elizabeth R. Volkmann, Carleigh Zahn, Nora Sandorfi, for the CONQUER Investigators   +35 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dose–response relation between perceived physical exertion during healthcare work and risk of long-term sickness absence

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2012
OBJECTIVE: An imbalance between physical work demands and physical capacity of the worker may be a risk factor for poor health. Perceived physical exertion provides information about the individual perception of the work demands relative to the capacity ...
Lars L Andersen, Thomas Clausen, Roger Persson, Andreas Holtermann   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk factors of long-term sickness absence in Norway and Sweden

Nordic Journal of Social Research, 2013
Aims: This paper examines the level of long-term sickness absence (LTSA) in Norway and Sweden. It also investigates whether risk factors of LTSA are the same in Norway and Sweden.
Vegard Johansen
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Understanding and Optimizing Li Substitution in P2‐Type Sodium Layered Oxides for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work explores Li‐substituted P2 layered oxides for Na‐ion batteries by crystallographic and electrochemical studies. The effect of lithium on superstructure orderings, on phase transitions during synthesis and electrochemical cycling and on the interplay of O‐ versus TM‐redox is revealed via various advanced techniques, including semi‐simultaneous 
Mingfeng Xu, Giovanni Gammaitoni, Michael Häfner, Eduardo Villalobos‐Portillo, Carlo Marini, Matteo Bianchini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Sickness Absence in School on Educational Achievements, Mortality and Income [PDF]

, 2015
This study investigates the effect of missed instruction time in school on short-term educational performance as well as long-term retirement income and mortality.
Cattan, Sarah, Kamhöfer, Daniel A., Karlsson, Martin, Nilsson, Therese   +3 more
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Sensorized Engineered Tissues with Built‐in Thermoregulation and Nutrient Supply

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces a granular hydrogel‐based tissue engineering platform that includes a closed‐loop temperature control to maintain 37°C and sustainably releases nutrients, thereby enabling cells to retain a high viability even if stored at room temperature for up to 24 h.
Antonia Georgopoulou, Jakob Schreiner, Miriam Filippi, Aiste Balciunaite, Robert K. Katzschmann, Esther Amstad   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk factors of sickness absence

طب کار, 2016
Introduction: Absenteeism is one of the challenging issues in managing human resources. Many social, economic and personal factors may affect sickness absence. We studied effects of some personal factors on sickness absence in a governmental organization.
Gholamreza Pouryaghoub, Ramin Mehrdad, Fereshte Rafiee Samani, Fariba Mahmoodi   +3 more
doaj  

COVID-19-related sickness absence among 4,721 NHS staff in England and its relation with long COVID symptoms: findings from NHS CHECK

BMC Health Services Research
Background Long COVID (LC) occurs when COVID-19 symptoms continue for 12 + weeks after the onset of infection. LC may have several impacts, including sickness absence. This study explored number of days off work due to COVID-19 infection among healthcare
B. Dempsey, H. A. Blake, I. Madan, S. A. M. Stevelink, N. Greenberg, R. Raine, A. M. Rafferty, R. Bhundia, S. Wessely, Danielle Lamb   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prognostic factors for long-term sickness absence among employees with neck–shoulder and low-back pain

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2010
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify prognostic factors for long-term sickness absence among employees with neck–shoulder or low-back pain.
Andreas Holtermann, Jørgen V Hansen, Hermann Burr, Karen Søgaard   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A protocol improves GP recording of long-term sickness absence risk factors [PDF]

, 2017
Background If general practitioners (GPs) were better informed about patients' risks of long-term sickness absence (LTSA), they could incorporate these risk assessments into their patient management plans and cooperate more with occupational physicians ...
Hogervorst, Wouter, Riet, Gerben ter, van Dijk, Frank, van Dijk, Paul   +3 more
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