ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2012
Predicting return to work in workers with all-cause sickness absence greater than 4 weeks: a prospective cohort study.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Common Psychosocial Factors Predicting Return to Work After Common Mental Disorders, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Cancers: A Review of Reviews Supporting a Cross-Disease Approach.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Pooled it
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- Obstacles, Self-Efficacy, and Strategies for Returning to Work after Experiencing Burnout: Paving the Path to Sustainable Reintegration.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Returning to work in the digital age: why smartphone interventions must go further.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Identifying labour market pathways after a 30-day-long sickness absence -a three-year sequence analysis study in Finland.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Employment status and its associated factors for patients 12 months after intensive care: Secondary analysis of the SMAP-HoPe study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Development and validation of a method to screen for co-morbid depression by non-behavioral health practitioners treating musculoskeletal pain.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2020Observational
- Work Characteristics and Return to Work in Long-Term Sick-Listed Employees with Depressive Symptoms.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2017Article
- Development of the Return-to-Work Obstacles and Self-Efficacy Scale (ROSES) and Validation with Workers Suffering from a Common Mental Disorder or Musculoskeletal Disorder.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2017Article
- Cumulative exposure to shift work and sickness absence: associations in a five-year historic cohort.BMC public health · 2017Article
- Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for Major Depressive Disorder in the Occupational Health Setting.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Long-term sick leave and the impact of a graded return-to-work program: evidence from Germany.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2016Article
- Longitudinal Associations Between Biopsychosocial Factors and Sustainable Return to Work of Sick-Listed Workers with a Depressive or Anxiety Disorder.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Return to Work After Temporary Disability Pension in Finland.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2015Article
- Return-to-Work Self-Efficacy and Actual Return to Work Among Long-Term Sick-Listed Employees.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2015Article
- Validation of the 4DSQ somatization subscale in the occupational health care setting as a screener.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2015Article
- Predictors of functional improvement and future work status after the disability benefit claim: a prospective cohort study.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2014Article
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Abstract
introductionLong-term sickness absence is a major public health and economic problem. Evidence is lacking for factors that are associated with return to work (RTW) in sick-listed workers. The aim of this study is to examine factors associated with the duration until full RTW in workers sick-listed due to any cause for at least 4 weeks.
methodsIn this cohort study, health-related, personal and job-related factors were measured at entry into the study. Workers were followed until 1 year after the start of sickness absence to determine the duration until full RTW. Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were used to calculate hazard ratios (HR).
resultsData were collected from N = 730 workers. During the first year after the start of sickness absence, 71% of the workers had full RTW, 9.1% was censored because they resigned, and 19.9% did not have full RTW. High physical job demands (HR .562, CI .348-.908), contact with medical specialists (HR .691, CI .560-.854), high physical symptoms (HR .744, CI .583-.950), moderate to severe depressive symptoms (HR .748, CI .569-.984) and older age (HR .776, CI .628-.958) were associated with a longer duration until RTW in sick-listed workers.
conclusionsSick-listed workers with older age, moderate to severe depressive symptoms, high physical symptoms, high physical job demands and contact with medical specialists are at increased risk for a longer duration of sickness absence. OPs need to be aware of these factors to identify workers who will most likely benefit from an early intervention.
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