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Johannes R. Anema is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research work primarily spans the fields of health professions and medicine with a focus on workplace health, employee well-being, and associated medical and social factors.

Their scholarly output includes significant contributions in journals such as the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, BMC Public Health, BMC Psychiatry, International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

The main areas of study include:

  • Health Professions
  • Medicine

With regard to subfields, the research covers:

  • General Health Professions
  • Surgery
  • Demography
  • Pharmacology
  • Sociology and Political Science

Key topics addressed in their work involve:

  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Delphi Technique in Research
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Johannes R. Anema include:

  • The mediating role of lifestyle in the relationship between shift work, obesity and diabetes (2021) in International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
  • Supporting employees with chronic conditions to stay at work: perspectives of occupational health professionals and organizational representatives (2021) in BMC Public Health
  • Facilitators, barriers and support needs for staying at work with a chronic condition: a focus group study (2020) in BMC Public Health
  • The Implementation of Preventive Health Measures in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises-A Combined Quantitative/Qualitative Study of Its Determinants from the Perspective of Enterprise Representatives (2022) in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Personalised electronic health programme for recovery after major abdominal surgery: a multicentre, single-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial (2023) in The Lancet Digital Health

The researcher frequently collaborates with colleagues such as:

  • Frederieke Schaafsma
  • Maaike A. Huysmans
  • Pieter Coenen
  • Rosanne Schaap
  • Judith A.F. Huirne

Best Publications

  • What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention

    Jan Hartvigsen;Mark J Hancock;Alice Kongsted;Quinette Louw

  • Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions.

    Nadine E Foster;Johannes R Anema;Dan Cherkin;Roger Chou

  • Low back pain: a call for action

    Rachelle Buchbinder;Maurits van Tulder;Birgitta Öberg;Lucíola Menezes Costa

  • Effective training strategies for teaching communication skills to physicians: an overview of systematic reviews.

    Marianne Berkhof;H. Jolanda van Rijssen;H. Jolanda van Rijssen;Antonius J.M. Schellart;Antonius J.M. Schellart;Johannes R. Anema;Johannes R. Anema

  • Effectiveness of web-based interventions on patient empowerment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    David Samoocha;David J Bruinvels;Nieke A Elbers;Johannes R Anema

  • A developmental conceptualization of return to work

    Amanda E Young;Richard T Roessler;Radoslaw Wasiak;Kathryn M McPherson

  • Workplace interventions for preventing work disability

    Sandra H van Oostrom;Maurice T Driessen;Henrica C W de Vet;Renée-Louise Franche

  • Physical and psychosocial problems in cancer survivors beyond return to work: a systematic review

    Saskia F. A. Duijts;Saskia F. A. Duijts;Martine P. van Egmond;Martine P. van Egmond;Evelien Spelten;Peter van Muijen;Peter van Muijen

  • The Trend in Total Cost of Back Pain in the Netherlands in the Period 2002 to 2007

    Ludeke C. Lambeek;Maurits W. van Tulder;Ilse C.S. Swinkels;Lando L.J. Koppes

  • Return-to-Work Outcomes Following Work Disability: Stakeholder Motivations, Interests and Concerns

    Amanda E. Young;Radoslaw Wasiak;Richard T. Roessler;Kathryn M. McPherson

  • Workplace interventions to prevent work disability in workers on sick leave.

    Myrthe van Vilsteren;Sandra H van Oostrom;Henrica C W de Vet;Renée-Louise Franche

  • Can Cross Country Differences in Return-to-Work After Chronic Occupational Back Pain be Explained? An Exploratory Analysis on Disability Policies in a Six Country Cohort Study

    J. R. Anema;A. J. M. Schellart;J. D. Cassidy;P. Loisel

  • The effectiveness of physical and organisational ergonomic interventions on low back pain and neck pain: a systematic review

    M.T. Driessen;K.I. Proper;M.W. van Tulder;J.R. Anema

  • Handbook of Work Disability

    Patrick Loisel;Johannes R. Anema

  • Interventions for obtaining and maintaining employment in adults with severe mental illness, a network meta‐analysis

    Yvonne B Suijkerbuijk;Frederieke G Schaafsma;Frederieke G Schaafsma;Joost C van Mechelen;Anneli Ojajärvi

  • Hearing status, need for recovery after work, and psychosocial work characteristics: results from an internet-based national survey on hearing.

    Janneke Nachtegaal;Dirk J Kuik;Johannes R Anema;S Theo Goverts

  • A workplace intervention for sick-listed employees with distress: results of a randomised controlled trial.

    S.H. van Oostrom;W. van Mechelen;B. Terluin;H.C.W. de Vet

  • Effect of integrated care for sick listed patients with chronic low back pain: economic evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial

    L.C. Lambeek;J.E. Bosmans;B.J. van Royen;M.W. van Tulder

  • Development of a workplace intervention for sick-listed employees with stress-related mental disorders: Intervention Mapping as a useful tool

    Sandra H van Oostrom;Sandra H van Oostrom;Johannes R Anema;Berend Terluin;Anita Venema

  • Measuring Return to Work

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  • Economic evaluation of a multi-stage return to work program for workers on sick leave due to low back pain

    Ivan A. Steenstra;Johannes R. Anema;Maurits W. van Tulder;Maurits W. van Tulder;Paulien M. Bongers;Paulien M. Bongers

  • Medical care of employees long-term sick listed due to mental health problems: a cohort study to describe and compare the care of the occupational physician and the general practitioner.

    J. R. Anema;K. Jettinghoff;I. Houtman;C. G. Schoemaker

  • Back pain and work

    Kátia M. Costa-Black;Patrick Loisel;Johannes R. Anema;Glenn Pransky

  • Work-related disease in general practice: a systematic review.

    Harm-Jan A Weevers;Allard J van der Beek;Johannes R Anema;Gerrit van der Wal

  • Integrated, multidisciplinary care for hand eczema: design of a randomized controlled trial and cost-effectiveness study

    Robin F. van Gils;Pieter G. M. van der Valk;Derk Bruynzeel;Pieter J. Coenraads

Frequent Co-Authors

Allard J. van der Beek
Allard J. van der Beek Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Henrica C.W. de Vet
Henrica C.W. de Vet University of Amsterdam
Judith E. Bosmans
Judith E. Bosmans Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Rachelle Buchbinder
Rachelle Buchbinder Monash University
Corné A. M. Roelen
Corné A. M. Roelen Amsterdam UMC
Harm W.J. van Marwijk
Harm W.J. van Marwijk Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Judith A. Turner
Judith A. Turner University of Washington

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