ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2010
Faster return to work after psychiatric consultation for sicklisted employees with common mental disorders compared to care as usual. A randomized clinical trial.
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- Elements of Return-to-Work Interventions for Workers on Long-Term Sick Leave: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Differential attrition and engagement in randomized controlled trials of occupational mental health interventions in person and online: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions regarding physicians' sickness certification practice - a systematic literature review with meta-analyses.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2022Pooled it
- Interventions for common mental disorders in the occupational health service: a systematic review with a narrative synthesis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2020Pooled it
- Return-to-work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Psychological approach of occupational health service to sick leave due to mental problems: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2015Pooled it
- Interventions to facilitate return to work in adults with adjustment disorders.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Intervention characteristics that facilitate return to work after sickness absence: a systematic literature review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2012Pooled it
- Collaborative care for depression and anxiety problems.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Systematic review of intervention practices for depression in the workplace.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2012Pooled it
- Return to work coordination programmes for work disability: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.PloS one · 2012Pooled it
- A case management occupational health model to facilitate earlier return to work of NHS staff with common mental health disorders: a feasibility study.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2021Trial
- Effects of internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy and physical exercise on sick leave and employment in primary care patients with depression: two subgroup analyses.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2018Trial
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- Effectiveness of a blended web-based intervention on return to work for sick-listed employees with common mental disorders: results of a cluster randomized controlled trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2015Trial
- Cost-utility analysis of a collaborative care intervention for major depressive disorder in an occupational healthcare setting.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2014Trial
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- RESTART: a stepped-care approach to facilitate return to work for employees with psychological distress: design of a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionReturn to work (RTW) of employees on sick leave for common mental disorders may require a multidisciplinary approach. This article aims to assess time to RTW after a psychiatric consultation providing treatment advice to the occupational physician (OP) for employees on sick leave for common mental disorders in the occupational health (OH) setting, compared to care as usual (CAU).
methodsCluster randomized clinical trial evaluating patients of 12 OPs receiving consultation by a psychiatrist, compared to CAU delivered by 12 OPs in the control group. 60 patients suffering from common mental disorders and ≥ six weeks sicklisted were included. Follow up three and six months after inclusion. Primary outcome measure was time to RTW. Intention- to-treat multilevel analysis and a survival analysis were performed to evaluate time to RTW in both groups.
resultsIn CAU, referral was the main intervention. Both groups improved in terms of symptom severity and quality of life, but time to RTW was significantly shorter in the psychiatric consultation group. At three months follow up, 58% of the psychiatric consultation group had full RTW versus 44% of the control group, a significant finding (P = 0.0093). Survival analysis showed 68 days earlier RTW after intervention in the psychiatric consultation group (P = 0.078) compared to CAU.
conclusionPsychiatric consultation for employees on sick leave in the OH setting improves time to RTW in patients with common mental disorders as compared to CAU. In further research, focus should be on early intervention in patients with common mental disorders on short sick leave duration. Psychiatric consultation might be particularly promising for improvement of RTW in those patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN: 86722376.
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