ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2012
Implementation of a coordinated and tailored return-to-work intervention for employees with mental health problems.
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- Factors affecting the sustainability of community mental health assets: A systematic review.Health & social care in the community · 2022Pooled it
- Views and Experiences of Persons with Chronic Diseases about Strategies that Aim to Integrate and Re-Integrate Them into Work: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled 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
- Long-term follow-up of participants with mental ill health in the Danish return-to-work program: A secondary analysis of a controlled trial.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Experiences of rehabilitation coordination among people on sick leave with mental health problems.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2024Article
- Return to Work for People with Common Mental Disorders: Insights into the Implementation of a Collaborative Program in a Specialized Mental Health Hospital.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Return-to-Work Interventions for Individuals with Work-Related Mental Health Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Conceptual Framework of a Psychotherapeutic Consultation in the Workplace: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Shared Decision Making in an Integrated Mental Health and Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention: Stakeholder Practices and Experiences.International journal of integrated care · 2020Article
- Stakeholders' Role and Actions in the Return-to-Work Process of Workers on Sick-Leave Due to Common Mental Disorders: A Scoping Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Critical factors for the return-to-work process among people with affective disorders: Voices from two vocational approaches.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2018Article
- Improving the effectiveness of sickness benefit case management through a public-private partnership? A difference-in-difference analysis in eighteen Danish municipalities.BMC public health · 2017Article
- Patient characteristics in a return to work programme for common mental disorders: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Psychosomatic consultation in the workplace: opportunities and limitations of the services offered--results of a qualitative study.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2016Article
- Implementing a self-management intervention for people with a chronic compensable musculoskeletal injury in a workers compensation context: a process evaluation.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2015Article
- Effectiveness of a coordinated and tailored return-to-work intervention for sickness absence beneficiaries with mental health problems.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2013Article
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Abstract
purposeInterventions to promote return to work (RTW) after sickness absence are often complex, involving numerous stakeholders and thus prone to implementation problems. To understand the outcomes of such interventions, researchers need to look beyond effectiveness data and incorporate systematic process evaluations. This article presents findings from a process evaluation of a coordinated and tailored RTW-intervention for employees with mental health problems. The purpose was to elucidate the implementation process and identify barriers for the feasibility and sustainability of the intervention.
methodsThe evaluation draws on comprehensive data from observations of and documents from the intervention, a two-waved survey among participants (n = 76), two group interviews with the intervention team, three group interviews with municipal social insurance officers (SIOs), and ten individual interviews with participants.
resultsWe identified several barriers to the feasibility and sustainability of the intervention: (1) the inclusion criteria were perceived as too narrow by those responsible for recruitment (SIOs); (2) waiting lists occurred; (3) participants had more severe mental health problems than expected; (4) key stakeholders had divergent expectations of the timeframe for RTW; (5) the SIOs felt insufficiently informed about the intervention; (6) the global financial downturn resulted in many participants losing their job, which impeded workplace-based RTW-efforts.
conclusionsThis study points out important pitfalls in implementing RTW-interventions, pertaining to specification of the target population, consideration of contextual constraints, and ensuring cooperation between key stakeholders. Thorough assessment of local context and stakeholder needs and concerns is likely to improve the feasibility and sustainability of future RTW-interventions.
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