Trial reportScandinavian journal of work, environment & health2020
Inpatient multimodal occupational rehabilitation reduces sickness absence among individuals with musculoskeletal and common mental health disorders: a randomized clinical trial.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled 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
- Effects of Inpatient Occupational Rehabilitation vs. Outpatient Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Sick Leave and Cost of Lost Production: 7-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Inpatient multimodal rehabilitation and the role of pain intensity and mental distress on return-to-work: causal mediation analyses of a randomized controlled trial.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2024Trial
- Effects of Additional Individually Tailored Interventions on Sick-Leave and Symptoms in Patients with Exhaustion Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 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 adding a workplace intervention to an inpatient multimodal occupational rehabilitation program: A randomized clinical trial.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2020Trial
- Associations between work ability and work participation after rehabilitation: a longitudinal multicentre cohort study.EULAR rheumatology open · 2026Article
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- Inpatient or Outpatient Occupational Rehabilitation - What Works Best for Whom? A Non-randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Self-rated work ability predicts return to work after occupational rehabilitation.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Article
- A cost-utility analysis for return-to-work interventions comparing alternative methods for handling missing health-related quality of life data.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- Obstacles and facilitators of return to work among people with persistent pain who receive benefit payments: an in-depth interview study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Individual supported work placements (ReISE) for improving sustained return to work in unemployed people with persistent pain: an internal pilot study of a cohort randomised controlled approach.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
- [Mental health problems among employees: service use and costs to the German healthcare system].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2024Article
- Changes in memory and attention during and after occupational rehabilitation: A longitudinal study.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Virtual Reality Gaming in Occupational Rehabilitation - User Experiences and Perceptions.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Adverse childhood experiences, subsequent negative life events, and their impact on health in occupational rehabilitation patients: a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2024Article
- Promoting labour market inclusion of the chronically ill: a scoping review of Scandinavian countries' efforts.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2023Article
- App-Delivered Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Among Patients with Comorbid Musculoskeletal Complaints and Insomnia Referred to 4-Week Inpatient Multimodal Rehabilitation: Protocol for a Randomized Clinical Trial.Nature and science of sleep · 2023Article
- The Readiness for Return to Work Scale; Does it Help in Evaluation of Return to Work?Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2022Article
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Abstract
Objectives This study aimed to investigate whether inpatient multimodal occupational rehabilitation (I-MORE) reduces sickness absence (SA) more than outpatient acceptance and commitment therapy (O-ACT) among individuals with musculoskeletal and mental health disorders. Methods Individuals on sick leave (2-12 months) due to musculoskeletal or common mental health disorders were randomized to I-MORE (N=86) or O-ACT (N=80). I-MORE lasted 3.5 weeks in which participants stayed at the rehabilitation center. I-MORE included ACT, physical exercise, work-related problem solving and creating a return to work plan. O-ACT consisted mainly of 6 weekly 2.5 hour group-ACT sessions. We assessed the primary outcome cumulative SA within 6 and 12 months with national registry-data. Secondary outcomes were time to sustainable return to work and self-reported health outcomes assessed by questionnaires. Results SA did not differ between the interventions at 6 months, but after one year individuals in I-MORE had 32 fewer SA days compared to O-ACT (median 85 [interquartile range 33-149] versus 117 [interquartile range 59-189)], P=0.034). The hazard ratio for sustainable return to work was 1.9 (95% confidence interval 1.2-3.0) in favor of I-MORE. There were no clinically meaningful between-group differences in self-reported health outcomes. Conclusions Among individuals on long-term SA due to musculoskeletal and common mental health disorders, a 3.5-week I-MORE program reduced SA compared with 6 weekly sessions of O-ACT in the year after inclusion. Studies with longer follow-up and economic evaluations should be performed.
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