Handbook of Work Disability

Part I. The Burden of Work Disability

1. Sickness Absence and Disability: An International Perspective
Rienk Prins

2. The Work-Disabled Patient
Marie-France Coutu, Daniel Côté, Raymond Baril

3. Work Absenteeism and Productivity Loss at Work
Marc Koopmanschap, Alex Burdorf, Freek Lötters

4. Measuring the Burden of Work Disability: A Review of Methods, Measurement Issues and Evidence
Emile Tompa

5. The Work Disability Paradigm and Its Public Health Implications
Patrick Loisel, Pierre Côté

Part II. Unraveling Work Disability Prevention

6. Work Disability Models: Past and Present
Katia M. Costa-Black, Michael Feuerstein, Patrick Loisel

7. Measurement of Outcomes in WDP: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations and Recommendations for Measuring Outcomes
Glenn Pransky

8. Pain, Chronicity, and Disability
Michael J. L. Sullivan, Marc O. Martel, Zina Trost

9. Methodological Issues in Work Disability Prevention Research
Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Ellen MacEachen

Part III. Work Disability Determinants and Diagnosis

10. Individual-Level Psychosocial Factors and Work Disability Prevention
Ute Bültmann, Sandra Brouwer

11. Workplace Issues
William S. Shaw, Vicki L. Kristman, Nicole Vézina

12. Public Insurance Systems: A Comparison of Cause-Based and Disability-Based Income Support Systems
Katherine Lippel, Freek Lötters

13. The Role and Influence of Care Providers on Work Disability
Carel Hulshof, Glenn Pransky

14. Understanding Work Disability Systems and Intervening Upstream
Ellen MacEachen

15. Tools for Assessing Work Disability
Marie-José Durand, Quan Nha Hong

Part IV. Work Disability Issues on Specific Disorders

16. Predicting Return to Work for Workers with Low-Back Pain
Ivan A. Steenstra, Jason W. Busse, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson

17. Mental Health Problems and Mental Disorders: Linked Determinants to Work Participation and Work Functioning
Marc Corbière, Alessia Negrini, Carolyn S. Dewa

18. Cancer Survivorship
Courtney G. Collins, Alicia Ottati, Michael Feuerstein

19. Specific Disorder-Linked Determinants: Traumatic Brain Injury
Carol Cancelliere, J. David Cassidy, Angela Colantonio

Part V. Effective Work Disability Prevention Interventions

20. Clinical Interventions to Reduce Work Disability in Workers with Musculoskeletal Disorders or Mental Health Problems
J. Bart Staal, A. Rijk, I. Houkes, M. W. Heymans

21. Workplace Interventions
Sandra H. Oostrom, Cécile R. L. Boot

22. Sickness and Disability Policy Interventions
Johannes R. Anema, Christopher Prinz, Rienk Prins

23. Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions for Prevention of Work Disability
Kimi Uegaki, Allard J. Beek, Emile Tompa, Maurits W. Tulder

24. Informing the Public: Preventing Work Disability and Fostering Behavior Change at the Societal Level
Douglas P. Gross, Sameer Deshpande, Maxi Miciak, Erik L. Werner, Michiel F. Reneman, Rachelle Buchbinder

25. Return to Work Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Work Disability
Amanda E. Young

Part VI. The Challenge of Implementing Evidence

26. Core Components of Return-to-Work Interventions
Katia M. Costa-Black

27. Identifying Local Obstacles and Facilitators of Implementation
Jean-Baptiste Fassier

28. Building an International Educational Network in Work Disability Prevention
Patrick Loisel

29. Erratum
Patrick Loisel, Johannes R. Anema

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Rehabilitation, Health Psychology, Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine, Public Health