Handbook of Work Disability

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. The Burden of Work Disability

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Sickness Absence and Disability: An International Perspective

      • Rienk Prins

      Pages 3-14

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   3. The Work-Disabled Patient

      • Marie-France Coutu, Daniel Côté, Raymond Baril

      Pages 15-29

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   4. Work Absenteeism and Productivity Loss at Work

      • Marc Koopmanschap, Alex Burdorf, Freek Lötters

      Pages 31-41

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

      • Emile Tompa

      Pages 43-58

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   6. The Work Disability Paradigm and Its Public Health Implications

      • Patrick Loisel, Pierre Côté

      Pages 59-67

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3. Unraveling Work Disability Prevention

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Work Disability Models: Past and Present

      • Katia M. Costa-Black, Michael Feuerstein, Patrick Loisel

      Pages 71-93

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   3. Measurement of Outcomes in WDP: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations and Recommendations for Measuring Outcomes

      • Glenn Pransky

      Pages 95-106

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   4. Pain, Chronicity, and Disability

      • Michael J. L. Sullivan, Marc O. Martel, Zina Trost

      Pages 107-124

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   5. Methodological Issues in Work Disability Prevention Research

      • Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Ellen MacEachen

      Pages 125-146

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4. Work Disability Determinants and Diagnosis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. Individual-Level Psychosocial Factors and Work Disability Prevention

      • Ute Bültmann, Sandra Brouwer

      Pages 149-162

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   3. Workplace Issues

      • William S. Shaw, Vicki L. Kristman, Nicole Vézina

      Pages 163-182

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   4. Public Insurance Systems: A Comparison of Cause-Based and Disability-Based Income Support Systems

      • Katherine Lippel, Freek Lötters

      Pages 183-202

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   5. The Role and Influence of Care Providers on Work Disability

      • Carel Hulshof, Glenn Pransky

      Pages 203-215

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   6. Understanding Work Disability Systems and Intervening Upstream

      • Ellen MacEachen

      Pages 217-228

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   7. Tools for Assessing Work Disability

      • Marie-José Durand, Quan Nha Hong

      Pages 229-251

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5. Work Disability Issues on Specific Disorders

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253

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​This book addresses the developing field of Work Disability Prevention. Work disability does not only involve occupational disorders originating from the work or at the workplace, but addresses work absenteeism originating from any disorder or accident. This topic has become of primary importance due to the huge compensation costs and health issues involved. For employers it is a unique burden and in many countries compensation is not even linked to the cause of the disorder. In the past twenty years, studies have accumulated which emphasize the social causes of work disability. Governments and NGOs such as the World Bank, the International Labor Organization, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have produced alarming reports on the extent of this problem for developed and developing countries. However, no comprehensive book is presently available to help them address this emerging field where new knowledge should induce new ways of management.​

• Australian work disability protocol
• DASH
• Orebro
• WoDDI
• absenteeism
• cancer survivors
• disability assessment
• disability insurance
• ergonomics
• health insurance
• injured worker
• international labor organization (ILO)
• mental health disorders
• musculoskeletal disorders
• occupational health
• organization for economic cooperation and development (OECD)
• pain in work disability
• presenteeism
• primary prevention
• secondary prevention
• tertiary prevention
• traumatic brain injury
• work disability
• work disability prevention
• workers compensation
• workplace
• workplace interventions
• world health organization (WHO)

From the book reviews:

“This fairly exhaustive book on work disability discusses theories, determinants, diagnosis, issues, and prevention measures. … Numerous tables and figures help clarify the text. … This book covers a lot of ground, in both theory and practice, and is easy to read. It will be of great benefit to clinicians, administrators, and researchers.” (Gary B. Kaniuk, Doody’s Book Reviews, January, 2015)

• University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  Patrick Loisel

• EMGO Institute for Health and Care Resea, Department of Public and Occupational He, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  Johannes R. Anema

Patrick Loisel, MD, Director, Work Disability Prevention CIHR Strategic Training Program, Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.
Johannes R. Anema, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Research Center for Insurance Medicine.

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