Trial reportScandinavian journal of primary health care2013
Early multidisciplinary assessment was associated with longer periods of sick leave: a randomized controlled trial in a primary health care centre.
Trial report in Scandinavian journal of primary health care, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Return-to-work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Trial
- Symptom reduction due to psychosocial interventions is not accompanied by a reduction in sick leave: results from a randomized controlled trial in primary care.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2014Trial
- The value of the occupational therapy workforce in primary care: A rapid review.The British journal of occupational therapy · 2025Review
- Clinical and economic outcomes of multidisciplinary team members in primary care: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- A systems perspective on gaps in the person-centered sick leave and rehabilitation process: a Swedish interview study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2025Article
- The effectiveness of occupational therapy supporting return to work for people who sustain serious injuries or develop long-term (physical or mental) health conditions: A systematic review.The British journal of occupational therapy · 2023Review
- Occupational therapy services in primary care: a scoping review.Primary health care research & development · 2023Article
- Education of the primary health care staff based on acceptance and commitment therapy is associated with reduced sick leave in a prospective controlled trial.BMC family practice · 2021Article
- Effects of a vocational rehabilitation programme on return to work among sick-listed primary health care patients: a population-based matched, case-control study.BMC family practice · 2020Article
- Treatment Efficacy, Clinical Utility, and Cost-Effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Biopsychosocial Rehabilitation Treatments for Persistent Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review.Global spine journal · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo study the effects on sick leave from an early multidisciplinary assessment at a primary health care centre.
designRandomized controlled trial.
settingPatients who saw GPs at a primary health care centre in mid-Sweden and asked for a sickness certificate for psychiatric or musculoskeletal diagnoses were invited to participate. Patients included were sick-listed for less than four weeks; 33 patients were randomized either to an assessment within a week by a physiotherapist, a psychotherapist, and an occupational therapist or to "standard care". The therapists used methods and tools they normally use in their clinical work.
main outcome measureProportion of patients still sick-listed three months after randomization, total and net days on sick leave, and proportion who were on part-time sick leave. Results. At follow-up after three months, in contrast to the pre-trial hypothesis, there was a trend toward a higher proportion of patients still sick-listed in the intervention group (7/18) as compared with the control group (3/15). The intervention group also had significantly longer sick-listing periods (mean 58 days) than the control group (mean 36 days) (p = 0.038). The proportion of patients who were part time sick-listed was significantly higher in the intervention group (10/18) than in the control group (2/15) (p = 0.027).
conclusionsIn this study an early multidisciplinary assessment was associated with longer periods on sick leave and more individuals on part-time sick leave.
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