Effectiveness of e-learning in continuing medical education for occupational physicians.

Background: Within a clinical context e-learning is comparable to traditional approaches of continuing medical education (CME). However, the occupational health context differs and until now the effect of postgraduate e-learning among occupational physicians (OPs) has not been evaluated.

Aim: To evaluate the effect of e-learning on knowledge on mental health issues as compared to lecture-based learning in a CME programme for OPs.

Studies in occupational epidemiology and the risk of overadjustment.

Commentary on the paper by Lötters (see page 794)

Psychometric properties of the Need for Recovery after work scale: test-retest reliability and sensitivity to detect change.

Background: Monitoring worker health and evaluating occupational healthcare interventions requires sensitive instruments that are reliable over time. The Need for Recovery scale (NFR), which quantifies workers' difficulties in recovering from work related exertions, may be a relevant instrument in this respect.

Objectives: To examine (1) the NFR's test-retest reliability and (2) the NFR's sensitivity to detect the effect of a fatigue inducing change, namely an increase in working hours.

Work ability of Dutch employees with rheumatoid arthritis.

Objectives: To (i) examine the association between fatigue, psychosocial work characteristics (job control, support, participation in decision making, psychological job demands), and physical work requirements on the one hand and work ability of employees with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on the other, and (ii) determine the advice that health care professionals give to employees with RA on how to maintain their work ability.

Methods: Data were gathered from 78 employees with early RA (response = 99%) by telephone interviews and self-report questionnaires.

Results: Fatigue, lack of autonomy, low coworker/supervisor support, low participation in decision making, and high physical work requirements (i.

The effect of office concepts on worker health and performance: a systematic review of the literature.

Conventional and innovative office concepts can be described according to three dimensions: (1) the office location (e.g. telework office versus conventional office); (2) the office lay-out (e.