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Monique H. W. Frings-Dresen

Monique H. W. Frings-Dresen

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Medicine

D-Index
79
Citations
21569
World Ranking
17621
National Ranking
662

Overview

Monique H. W. Frings-Dresen is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and health professions, focusing especially on workplace health, cancer survivorship, and occupational safety.

The primary fields of study of this researcher include:

  • Medicine
  • Health Professions

Within these fields, they work in several subfields:

  • General Health Professions
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Oncology
  • Pharmacology

The main research topics covered are:

  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research

Frings-Dresen has published multiple recent papers including:

  • "Work-related psychosocial risk factors for stress-related mental disorders: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis" (2020, BMJ Open)
  • "The prevalence of occupational exposure to ergonomic risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury" (2020, Environment International)
  • "The effect of occupational exposure to ergonomic risk factors on osteoarthritis of hip or knee and selected other musculoskeletal diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury" (2021, Environment International)
  • "Supporting employers to enhance the return to work of cancer survivors: development of a web-based intervention (MiLES intervention)" (2020, Journal of Cancer Survivorship)
  • "Long-term employment status and quality of life after cancer: A longitudinal prospective cohort study from diagnosis up to and including 5 years post diagnosis" (2020, Work)

The researcher frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • Work
  • Tijdschrift voor bedrijfs- en verzekeringsgeneeskunde
  • Environment International
  • Journal of Cancer Survivorship
  • Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Angela G. E. M. de Boer
  • Sietske J. Tamminga
  • Karen Nieuwenhuijsen
  • M. A. Greidanus
  • Angelique de Rijk

Best Publications

  • Reliability and validity of instruments measuring job satisfaction—a systematic review

    N. van Saane;Judith K. Sluiter;J. H.A.M. Verbeek;M. H.W. Frings-Dresen

  • Psychosocial work environment and stress-related disorders, a systematic review

    K. Nieuwenhuijsen;D.J. Bruinvels;M. Frings-Dresen

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

    Einar M De Croon;Judith K Sluiter;P Paul F M Kuijer;Monique H W Frings-Dresen

  • Test-retest reliability of the Work Ability Index questionnaire.

    B C H de Zwart;M H W Frings-Dresen;J C van Duivenbooden

  • Need for recovery from work related fatigue and its role in the development and prediction of subjective health complaints.

    J.K Sluiter;E.M de Croon;T.F. Meijman;M.H.W. Frings-Dresen

  • Interventions to enhance return‐to‐work for cancer patients

    Angela Gem E.M. de Boer;Tyna K. Taskila;Sietske J. Tamminga;Michael Feuerstein

  • Considerations of circadian impact for defining 'shift work' in cancer studies: IARC working group report

    Richard G. Stevens;Johnni Hansen;Giovanni Costa;Erhard Haus

  • The influence of work characteristics on the need for recovery and experienced health: a study on coach drivers.

    J. K. Sluiter;A. J. Van Der Beek;M. H. W. Frings-Dresen

  • Assessment of mechanical exposure in ergonomic epidemiology

    A.J. van der Beek;M.H.W. Frings-Dresen

  • How many people return to work after acquired brain injury?: a systematic review

    J. M. van Velzen;C. A. M. van Bennekom;M. J. A. Edelaar;Judith K. Sluiter

  • The effect of lifting during work on low-back pain – a health impact assessment based on a meta-analysis

    Pieter Coenen;Vincent Gouttebarge;Aafje S A M van der Burght;Jaap H van Dieën

  • Fear of movement and (re)injury in chronic musculoskeletal pain: Evidence for an invariant two-factor model of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia across pain diagnoses and Dutch, Swedish, and Canadian samples

    Jeffrey Roelofs;Judith K. Sluiter;Monique H.W. Frings-Dresen;Mariëlle Goossens

  • Determinants of work ability and its predictive value for disability

    S. M. Alavinia;A. G. E. M. de Boer;J. C. van Duivenbooden;M. H. W. Frings-Dresen

  • Pushing and pulling in relation to musculoskeletal disorders: a review of risk factors

    M. J. M. Hoozemans;A. J. Van Der Beek;M. H. W. Frings-Dresen;F. J. H. Van Dijk

  • Factors associated with long-term sick leave in sick-listed employees: a systematic review.

    Patricia M. Dekkers-Sanchez;Jan L. Hoving;Judith K. Sluiter;Monique H.W. Frings-Dresen

  • Predictive factors of work disability in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic literature review

    E M de Croon;J K Sluiter;T F Nijssen;B A C Dijkmans

  • Epidemiologic evidence on manual materials handling as a risk factor for back disorders:a systematic review

    Judith I. Kuiper;Alex Burdorf;Jos H.A.M. Verbeek;Monique H.W. Frings-Dresen

  • Need for recovery after work predicts sickness absence: a 2-year prospective cohort study in truck drivers.

    Einar M de Croon;Judith K Sluiter;Monique H.W Frings-Dresen

  • The relation between work-induced neuroendocrine reactivity and recovery, subjective need for recovery, and health status

    Judith K. Sluiter;Monique H.W. Frings-Dresen;Allard J. van der Beek;Theo F. Meijman

  • Musculoskeletal disorders among construction workers: a one-year follow-up study

    Julitta S Boschman;Henk F van der Molen;Judith K Sluiter;Monique Hw Frings-Dresen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaap H. van Dieën
Jaap H. van Dieën Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Alex Burdorf
Alex Burdorf Erasmus University Rotterdam
Idsart Kingma
Idsart Kingma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Roland W. B. Blonk
Roland W. B. Blonk Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
Peter Vink
Peter Vink Delft University of Technology
Thomas Rustemeyer
Thomas Rustemeyer University of Amsterdam
Paul P. Tak
Paul P. Tak GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Johan W. Groothoff
Johan W. Groothoff University Medical Center Groningen
Peter Prinzie
Peter Prinzie Erasmus University Rotterdam

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