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ArticleOccupational and environmental medicine2004

Supervisory behaviour as a predictor of return to work in employees absent from work due to mental health problems.

K Nieuwenhuijsen, J H A M Verbeek, A G E M de Boer, R W B Blonk, F J H van Dijk

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Article in Occupational and environmental medicine, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05623371 (Leading Well-being and the Psychosocial Working Environment - A Cluster-randomized Waitlist Controlled Trial of a Training Program for Middle Managers in a Danish Healthcare Setting), which is not on this map. Cited by 61 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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NCT05623371 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Leading Well-being and the Psychosocial Working Environment - A Cluster-randomized Waitlist Controlled Trial of a Training Program for Middle Managers in a Danish Healthcare Setting

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of AarhusRan2022 to 2024Enrolled160ConditionsStress, Well-being, Burn OutArmsTraining leaders in leading well-being and the psychosocial working environment, The offer of a webinar and written material
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Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 175 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Temporal Stages of Burnout: How to Design Prevention?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

K NieuwenhuijsenCoronel Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22700, 1100 DD Amsterdam, Netherlands. K.Nieuwenhuijsen@amc.uva.nl
J H A M Verbeek
A G E M de Boer
R W B Blonk
F J H van Dijk
Netherlands Center for Occupational Diseases · NLUniversity of Amsterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsTo study supervisory behaviour as a predictive factor for return to work of employees absent due to mental health problems; and to explore the association between conditional factors and supervisory behaviour.

methodsEighty five supervisors of employees were interviewed by telephone. Questionnaires providing information on person related factors, depressive symptoms, and sickness absence were sent to the employees at baseline, three months, six months, and after one year. Three aspects of supervisory behaviour during the period of absence were measured: communication with the employee, promoting gradual return to work, and consulting of other professionals.

resultsBetter communication between supervisor and employee was associated with time to full return to work in non-depressed employees. For employees with a high level of depressive symptoms, this association could not be established. Consulting other professionals more often was associated with a longer duration of the sickness absence for both full and partial return to work. If sickness absence had financial consequences for the department, the supervisor was more likely to communicate frequently with the employee. Supervisors who were responsible for return to work in their organisation were more likely to communicate better and to consult more often with other professionals.

conclusionSupervisors should communicate more frequently with employees during sickness absence as well as hold follow up meetings more often as this is associated with a faster return to work in those employees.

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AbsenteeismInterpersonal RelationsPersonnel ManagementAdultCommunicationFemaleHealth PromotionHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMental DisordersNetherlandsPrognosisSick Leave

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PMID15377767
PMCPMC1740675
OpenAlexW2147681669

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