ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2013
Let's get back to work: survival analysis on the return-to-work after depression.
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- Common Psychosocial Factors Predicting Return to Work After Common Mental Disorders, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Cancers: A Review of Reviews Supporting a Cross-Disease Approach.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Pooled it
- Predictors of return to work for people on sick leave with depression, anxiety and stress: secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2023Trial
- Predictors of Return to Work for People with Anxiety or Depression Participating in a Randomized Trial Investigating the Effect of a Supported Employment Intervention.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2023Trial
- Trajectories of Return to Work Among People on Sick Leave with Mood or Anxiety Disorders: Secondary Analysis from a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Trial
- Sociodemographic factors and use of pain medication are associated with health-related quality of life: results from an adult community mental health service in Norway.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of the Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives (PEARLS) to reduce depression: a multi-state evaluation.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Do baseline industry and job group skill level predict welfare dependency at 1, 3 and 5 years after mental health related sickness absence? A Danish cohort study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Employees Receiving Inpatient Treatment for Common Mental Disorders in Germany: Factors Associated with Time to First and Full Return to Work.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2022Article
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- Tools Appraisal of Organizational Factors Associated with Return-to-Work in Workers on Sick Leave Due to Musculoskeletal and Common Mental Disorders: A Systematic Search and Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2021Review
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- Work Disability Trajectories Among Individuals with a Sick-Leave Spell Due to Depressive Episode ≥ 21 Days: A Prospective Cohort Study with 13-Month Follow Up.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Determinants of Sickness Absence and Return to Work Among Employees with Common Mental Disorders: A Scoping Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Relationship between sickness presenteeism and awareness and presence or absence of systems for return to work among workers with mental health problems in Japan: an Internet-based cross-sectional study.Journal of occupational health · 2015Article
- Horizon 2020 priorities in clinical mental health research: results of a consensus-based ROAMER expert survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Article
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Abstract
purposeAbsence from work due to mental disorders is substantial. Additionally, long-term absence from work is associated with a reduced probability of return-to-work (RTW). Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a prevalent condition in Dutch occupational health care settings. An early estimate of the prognosis regarding RTW in patients with MDD could serve both as a point of departure for the identification of high-risk cases and as an instrument to monitor the course of the disorder and of RTW. In the current study, we aimed to assess the added value of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and severity of depression to predict the time to RTW. PATIENTS AND
methodsData were derived from a prospective longitudinal study aimed to evaluate the cost effectiveness of a collaborative care treatment in sick-listed workers with MDD. We included demographic, job-related, and health-related variables. Severity of depression was measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale-9 (PHQ-9). HRQoL was measured using two generic preference-based instruments, the EuroQol 5-Dimension (EQ-5D™) and the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). A survival model was constructed by applying different survival functions to assess the best fit for the data. Additionally, survival analyses were performed to assess the added value of the two HRQoL measures and depression severity for predicting RTW.
resultsFemales and older patients had a longer time to RTW. The same was true for patients with a full-time job and patients with more decision latitude. Patients in a management position and patients with more social support had a shorter time to RTW. Severity of depression was not predictive for the time to RTW. HRQoL measured by the SF-36 was a significant predictor for the time to RTW.
conclusionHRQoL emerged as a significant predictor for the time to RTW. However, severity of depression was not predictive for the time to RTW. These results suggest the importance of assessing HRQoL in addition to severity of disease to assess functionality.
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