Trial reportJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2012
Impact of a work-focused intervention on the productivity and symptoms of employees with depression.
Trial report in Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to improve return to work in depressed people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- A Worksite Self-management Program for Workers with Chronic Health Conditions Improves Worker Engagement and Retention, but not Workplace Function.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2022Trial
- Effect of Adding a Work-Focused Intervention to Integrated Care for Depression in the Veterans Health Administration: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2020Trial
- 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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- Evaluating the (cost-)effectiveness of guided and unguided Internet-based self-help for problematic alcohol use in employees--a three arm randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- A randomized clinical trial of a telephone depression intervention to reduce employee presenteeism and absenteeism.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2015Trial
- Telephone and in-person cognitive behavioral therapy for major depression after traumatic brain injury: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of neurotrauma · 2015Trial
- Long-term results of a web-based guided self-help intervention for employees with depressive symptoms: randomized controlled trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2014Trial
- Manage at work: a randomized, controlled trial of a self-management group intervention to overcome workplace challenges associated with chronic physical health conditions.BMC public health · 2014Trial
- Improving work outcomes of dysthymia (persistent depressive disorder) in an employed population.General hospital psychiatryTrial
- Changes in Work Impairment and Associated Cost Savings Among Employees Receiving Psychotherapy: Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
- Effect of collaborative care intervention on productivity losses among people with comorbid common mental disorders and cardiovascular disease in rural Karnataka.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Article
- Conceptual Framework of a Psychotherapeutic Consultation in the Workplace: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Cardiovascular Health Research in the Workplace: A Workshop Report.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021Article
- Efficacy of an indicated prevention strategy on sickness absence and termination of the employment contract: a 5-year follow-up study.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2021Article
- Associations between the depressive symptoms, subjective cognitive function, and presenteeism of Japanese adult workers: a cross-sectional survey study.BioPsychoSocial medicine · 2020Article
- Hearing laughter improves the recovery process of the autonomic nervous system after a stress-loading task: a randomized controlled trial.BioPsychoSocial medicine · 2018Article
- Cognitive Deficits as a Mediator of Poor Occupational Function in Remitted Major Depressive Disorder Patients.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2016Article
- Barriers to Mental Health Service Use Among Workers With Depression and Work Productivity.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo test a new program's effectiveness in reducing depression's work burden.
methodsA brief telephonic program to improve work functioning was tested in an early-stage randomized controlled trial involving 79 Maine State Government employees who were screened in for depression and at-work limitations (treatment group = 59; usual care group = 27). Group differences in baseline to follow-up change scores on the Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ), WLQ Absence Module, and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9 depression severity scale were tested with analysis of covariance.
resultsAlthough there were no baseline group differences (P ≥ 0.05), by follow-up, the treatment group had significantly better scores on every outcome and differences in the longitudinal changes were all statistically significant (P = 0.0.27 to 0.0001).
conclusionsThe new program was superior to usual care. The estimated productivity cost savings is $6041.70 per participant annually.
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