G De Backer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6164220 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G De Backer |
| GIVEN NAMES | G |
| FAMILY NAME | De Backer |
| SIGNATURE | DE BACKER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Geneeskundige en Gezondheidsdienst |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Occupational stress and incidence of sick leave in the Belgian workforce
Context: Sick leave is a major problem in public health. The Karasek demands/control/social support/strain (JDCS) model has been largely used to predict a wide range of health outcomes and to a lesser extent sickness absence. Study objective: The aim of the study was to test the predictive power of the JDCS model in relation with one year incidence of sick leave in a large cohort of workers. Design and setting: Cohort study conducted between 1994…
The Belgian Heart Disease Prevention Project
A relation between the Type A behavior pattern and the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD), independent of other coronary risk factors, was demonstrated in the Belgian Heart Disease Prevention Project. The association was strongest with angina pectoris or with electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities in subjects with known CHD; however, particular aspects of the Type A behavior pattern dealing with time urgency were also related to ECG abnorm…
Occupational stress and incidence of sick leave in the Belgian workforce
Context: Sick leave is a major problem in public health. The Karasek demands/control/social support/strain (JDCS) model has been largely used to predict a wide range of health outcomes and to a lesser extent sickness absence. Study objective: The aim of the study was to test the predictive power of the JDCS model in relation with one year incidence of sick leave in a large cohort of workers. Design and setting: Cohort study conducted between 1994…
The Belgian Heart Disease Prevention Project
A relation between the Type A behavior pattern and the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD), independent of other coronary risk factors, was demonstrated in the Belgian Heart Disease Prevention Project. The association was strongest with angina pectoris or with electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities in subjects with known CHD; however, particular aspects of the Type A behavior pattern dealing with time urgency were also related to ECG abnorm…
Occupational stress and incidence of sick leave in the Belgian workforce
Context: Sick leave is a major problem in public health. The Karasek demands/control/social support/strain (JDCS) model has been largely used to predict a wide range of health outcomes and to a lesser extent sickness absence. Study objective: The aim of the study was to test the predictive power of the JDCS model in relation with one year incidence of sick leave in a large cohort of workers. Design and setting: Cohort study conducted between 1994…
Internal Medicine (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Absenteeism (1 work) · Cardiology (1 work) · Cohort (1 work) · Cohort study (1 work) · Confounding (1 work) · Coronary heart disease (1 work) · Demography (1 work)