Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2012
Sustainability of return to work in sick-listed employees with low-back pain. Two-year follow-up in a randomized clinical trial comparing multidisciplinary and brief intervention.
Trial report in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02015572 (Retention in Physically Demanding Jobs With Low Back Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Retention in Physically Demanding Jobs With Low Back Pain: A Randomised Controlled Trial (GoBack)
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Rehabilitation of sick-listed LBP patients in occupational health with collaboration of the workplace.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of work-related interventions for return to work in people on sick leave: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- The effects of supported employment interventions in populations of people with conditions other than severe mental health: a systematic review.Primary health care research & development · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of fitness for work interventions for workers with low back pain: A systematic review.Journal of occupational health · 2021Pooled it
- Sustainable Return to Work: A Systematic Review Focusing on Personal and Social Factors.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2019Pooled it
- Return-to-work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for chronic low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Physical conditioning as part of a return to work strategy to reduce sickness absence for workers with back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Two-Year Follow-Up on Return to Work in a Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Brief and Multidisciplinary Intervention in Employees on Sick Leave Due to Low Back Pain.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2022Trial
- Two-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial of Inpatient Multimodal Occupational Rehabilitation Vs Outpatient Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Sick Listed Workers with Musculoskeletal or Common Mental Disorders.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2021Trial
- Effectiveness of Briefer Coping-Focused Psychotherapy for Common Mental Complaints on Work-Participation and Mental Health: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial with 2-Year Follow-Up.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2020Trial
- Comparing multidisciplinary and brief intervention in employees with different job relations on sick leave due to low back pain: protocol of a randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2017Trial
- Effects of a randomized controlled intervention trial on return to work and health care utilization after long-term sickness absence.BMC public health · 2016Trial
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- Self-Management Interventions and Work Participation in Individuals with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Scoping Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Review
- Understanding sustainable return to work during gender transition, a (mixed method) diary-based single-case study of a transgender woman: Spiegel im spiegel.International journal of transgender health · 2026Article
- Fostering Stay at Work After a Period of Disability: A Scoping Review of Occupational Rehabilitation Strategies to Support Workers in the Adoption of Preventive Behaviours.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Helpful elements in a brief work-oriented intervention targeting musculoskeletal and mental health literacy.Health promotion international · 2023Article
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- Evaluating the Impact of Intensive Case Management for Severe Vocational Injuries on Work Incapacity and Costs.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSick-listed employees with low back pain had similar return to work (RTW) rates at one-year follow-up in a randomized trial comparing two interventions, but the effects were modified by specific workplace related factors. The present study addressed the sustainability of the intervention effects by performing a two-year follow-up and by using different outcome measures.
methodsA total of 351 employees sick-listed for 3-16 weeks due to LBP were recruited from their general practitioners and were randomly allocated to a hospital-based brief or multidisciplinary intervention. Outcome measures were based on sick leave registered in a national database of social and health-related benefits. RTW rates, RTW status, sick leave weeks and sick leave relapse were studied.
resultsDuring the two-year follow-up 80.0% and 77.3% had RTW for at least four weeks continuously, and the percentages with RTW at the 104th week were 61.1% and 58.0% in the brief and multidisciplinary intervention groups, respectively. At the 104th week 16.6% and 18.8% were on sick leave in the two groups, respectively, and about 12% were employed in modified jobs or participated in job training. The number of weeks on sick leave in the first year was significantly lower in the brief intervention group (median 14 weeks) than in the multidisciplinary intervention group (median 20 weeks), but during the second year the number of weeks on sick leave were not significantly different between intervention groups. Subgroups characterised by specific work related factors modified the effect of the intervention groups on RTW rates (p = 0.017). No difference in sick leave relapse was found between the intervention groups.
conclusionThe effects of the brief and multidisciplinary interventions at the two-year follow-up were in general similar to the effects at one-year follow-up.
trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN18609003.
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