Hulsegge, Gerben
van Mechelen, Willem
Paagman, Heleen
Proper, Karin I.
Anema, Johannes R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
ZonMw (531001415)
Article History
Received: 12 August 2019
Accepted: 19 January 2020
First Online: 10 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: For the avoidance of doubt Willem van Mechelen wishes to declare that he is director-shareholder of VUmc spin-off company Evalua Nederland B.V. and non-executive board member of Arbo Unie B.V. Johannes R. Anema is advisor and shareholder of the VUmc spin-off company Evalua Nederland B.V.. Heleen Paagman is Manager at the department Research & Business Development of the company HumanTotalCare. Evalua Nederland B.V. and Arbo Unie are companies that operate in the Dutch occupational health care market. HumanTotalCare is a company that operates in health, competences and motivation at work. Other authors have no potential conflict of interest.
: This study’s protocol was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam. The requirement for informed consent was waived because only de-identified data routinely collected during occupational health checks were used.