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ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2018

Determinants of Sickness Absence and Return to Work Among Employees with Common Mental Disorders: A Scoping Review.

Haitze de Vries, Alba Fishta, Beate Weikert, Alejandra Rodriguez Sanchez, Uta Wegewitz

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Article in Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 127 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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127citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
29.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

127 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 228 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Haitze de VriesDepartment of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, Postbus 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands. h.j.de.vries@umcg.nl.
Alba FishtaDepartment of Evidence-based Occupational Health, Workplace Health Management, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Berlin, Germany.
Beate WeikertDepartment of Evidence-based Occupational Health, Workplace Health Management, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Berlin, Germany.
Alejandra Rodriguez SanchezDepartment of Evidence-based Occupational Health, Workplace Health Management, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Berlin, Germany.
Uta WegewitzDepartment of Evidence-based Occupational Health, Workplace Health Management, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Berlin, Germany.
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health · DEUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose To present an overview of the existing evidence on prognostic factors of (recurrent) sickness absence (SA) and return to work (RTW) among workers with a common mental disorder (CMD). This scoping review provides information about determinants for SA and RTW, which could be used to develop better interventions aimed at the prevention of SA and promotion of RTW among workers with a CMD. Methods Relevant articles were identified in PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, PSYNDEX, and SINGLE up to October 2016. In order to be included, studies should provide insight into prognostic factors of SA or RTW of workers with a CMD. We classified all factors according to the domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Results Our searches identified 2447 possible relevant articles, of which 71 were included for data extraction. There is consistent evidence in ≥3 studies that previous episodes of CMD, higher symptom severity, previous absenteeism, co-morbidity, high job demands, low job control, high job strain, female gender, lower educational level, smoking behavior, and low perceived general health are predictors of SA in people with CMDs. Earlier RTW is consistently predicted by lower symptom severity, having no previous absenteeism, younger age, and positive expectations concerning sick-leave duration or RTW. Conclusions The amount of research on determinants for SA and RTW in workers with CMD has increased dramatically in recent years, although most studies are from the Netherlands and Scandinavia. There are some research gaps identified in this scoping review that need further attention in primary and secondary studies. Based on the summary of the evidence, we provide guidance for policy, practice and research.

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AbsenteeismReturn to WorkSick LeaveHumansMental DisordersRecurrenceRisk FactorsSecondary PreventionCommon mental disordersPrognostic factorsReturn to workScoping reviewSickness absence

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PMID28980107
PMCPMC6096498
OpenAlexW2762642033

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