Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 78, Issue 2 , Pages 191-197 , February 2010

A self-referral preventive intervention for burnout among Norwegian nurses: One-year follow-up study

  • Karin E. Isaksson Rø

      Affiliations

    • Modum Bad, NO-3370 Vikersund, Norway
    • Department of Behavioural Sciences in Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Modum Bad, NO-3370 Vikersund, Norway. Tel.: +47 32749700/32749863; fax: +47 32749868.
    • ,
  • Tore Gude

      Affiliations

    • Modum Bad, NO-3370 Vikersund, Norway
    • Department of Behavioural Sciences in Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Reidar Tyssen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioural Sciences in Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Olaf G. Aasland

      Affiliations

    • The Research Institute, Norwegian Medical Association, Oslo, Norway
    • Institute of Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo, Norway

Received 2 February 2009 ,Revised 10 June 2009 ,Accepted 3 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.07.008

Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 78, Issue 2 , Pages 191-197 , February 2010

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