ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2018
Effectiveness of Graded Return to Work After Multimodal Rehabilitation in Patients with Mental Disorders: A Propensity Score Analysis.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Return to work of transgender people: A systematic review through the blender of occupational health.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Examine Facilitators and Barriers to Return to Work (RTW) for Employees with Common Mental Disorder (CMD) Symptoms: A Multi-Stakeholder Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Is the association between graded sickness absence and return to work confounded by health? A longitudinal cohort study from the Norwegian neck and back registry.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Do return-to-work trajectories differ by mental disorder diagnosis? A register study among 37 523 Dutch workers.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Article
- Working life expectancy and working years lost among users of part- and full-time sickness absence in Finland.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
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- The Current Practice of Gradual Return to Work in Germany: A Qualitative Study Protocol.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Associations of employment sector and occupational exposures with full and part-time sickness absence: random and fixed effects analyses on panel data.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2022Article
- Evaluating the Impact of Intensive Case Management for Severe Vocational Injuries on Work Incapacity and Costs.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Does gradually returning to work improve time to sustainable work after a work-acquired musculoskeletal disorder in British Columbia, Canada? A matched cohort effectiveness study.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2021Article
- The potential of using hair cortisol to measure chronic stress in occupational healthcare; a scoping review.Journal of occupational health · 2021Article
- Returning to work after sickness absence due to common mental disorders: study design and baseline findings from an 18 months mixed methods follow-up study in Germany.BMC public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
Purpose Graded return to work (GRTW) is a strategy aimed at bringing people gradually back to coping with a full workload after an extended period of sick leave. This study aims to determine the effect of GRTW in addition to a multimodal rehabilitation on longer-term work participation in people with chronic mental disorders (CMDs). Methods Patients filled out questionnaires at the start of a multimodal rehabilitation and 15 months later. Balanced groups (GRTW, no GRTW) were formed by propensity score matching based on 27 covariates. The primary outcome measures were the return to work (RTW) status at follow-up and the number of days on sick leave during follow-up. Results From 1062 data sets (GRTW 508, no GRTW 554), 381 pairs were matched (age: 47.8 years; 78% female; 65% affective disorders, 28% neurotic or somatic disorders). At follow-up, 88% of the GRTW group had returned to work compared to only 73% of the controls (RR = 1.22, 1.13-1.31). The mean sick leave duration during the follow-up period was 7.0 weeks in the GRTW group compared to 13.4 weeks in the control group (p < 0.001). Additional explorative analyses showed that these effects were only observed in patients with an unsure or negative subjective RTW prognosis. Conclusions Based on this analysis, GRTW in addition to a multimodal rehabilitation is effective in enhancing successful work participation in people with CMDs. Earlier studies showing larger effects in people with a higher risk of a non-RTW were confirmed.
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