The impact of psychiatric comorbidity on the return to work in patients undergoing herniated disc surgery.

  • Margrit Zieger
  • Melanie Luppa
  • Hans Jörg Meisel
  • Lutz Günther
  • Dirk Winkler
  • René Toussaint
  • Katarina Stengler
  • Matthias C Angermeyer
  • Hans-Helmut König
  • Steffi G Riedel-Heller

Abstract

This study examines (1) return to work (RTW) and ability to work (ATW) rates, and the association with (2) psychiatric comorbidity and (3) socio-demographic, illness-related, vocational and rehabilitation-related characteristics in herniated disc surgery patients.

Bibliografische Daten

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer1
StatusVeröffentlicht - 2011
pubmed 20689982