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SynthesisAmerican journal of public health2012

Association of returning to work with better health in working-aged adults: a systematic review.

Sergio Rueda, Lori Chambers, Mike Wilson, Cameron Mustard, Sean B Rourke, Ahmed Bayoumi, Janet Raboud, John Lavis

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Synthesis in American journal of public health, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Predictors of Unemployment After Breast Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2018
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  8. Interventions for improving employment outcomes for workers with HIV.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Sergio RuedaOntario HIV Treatment Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. srueda@ohtn.on.ca
Lori Chambers
Mike Wilson
Cameron Mustard
Sean B Rourke
Ahmed Bayoumi
Janet Raboud
John Lavis

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe systematically reviewed the literature on the impact of returning to work on health among working-aged adults.

methodsWe searched 6 electronic databases in 2005. We selected longitudinal studies that documented a transition from unemployment to employment and included a comparison group. Two reviewers independently appraised the retrieved literature for potential relevance and methodological quality.

resultsEighteen studies met our inclusion criteria, including 1 randomized controlled trial. Fifteen studies revealed a beneficial effect of returning to work on health, either demonstrating a significant improvement in health after reemployment or a significant decline in health attributed to continued unemployment. We also found evidence for health selection, suggesting that poor health interferes with people's ability to go back to work. Some evidence suggested that earlier reemployment may be associated with better health.

conclusionsBeneficial health effects of returning to work have been documented in a variety of populations, times, and settings. Return-to-work programs may improve not only financial situations but also health.

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EmploymentHealth StatusRehabilitationSick LeaveDatabases, FactualHumansMiddle AgedTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID22390520
PMCPMC3487667

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