SynthesisRMD open2023
Non-pharmacological interventions to promote work participation in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis from the EULAR taskforce on healthy and sustainable work participation.
Synthesis in RMD open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- The WORKWELL programme: a randomized controlled trial of job retention vocational rehabilitation for people with inflammatory arthritis.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2026Trial
- Cost-utility of long-term exercise therapy in people with axial spondyloarthritis and severe functional limitations: a randomized, controlled trial.Rheumatology international · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a multimodal, physiotherapist-led, vocational intervention for people with rheumatoid arthritis or axial spondyloarthritis and a reduced work ability: a randomized, controlled trial.Rheumatology international · 2025Trial
- Standardised multidisciplinary rehabilitation improves health-related quality of life and productivity costs in patients with rheumatic, musculoskeletal and other diseases.EULAR rheumatology open · 2026Article
- Article
- Rehabilitation for People with Inflammatory Arthritis: Meeting the Challenges of a Changing Healthcare Landscape.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- A Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation of the Maastricht Work-Related Support Intervention for Healthcare Professionals in Clinical Care.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Development of a Multimodal, Physiotherapist-Led, Vocational Intervention for People with Inflammatory Arthritis and Reduced Work Ability: A Mixed-Methods Design Study.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Observational
- Current and Future Challenges for Rehabilitation for Inflammatory Arthritis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Optimizing the Maastricht Work-Related Support intervention in clinical patient care: the value of integrating action research into intervention mapping.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Work Ability in the Year after Rehabilitation-Results from the RehabNytte Cohort.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a multimodal, physiotherapist-led, vocational intervention in people with inflammatory arthritis: study protocol of the Physiotherapy WORKs trial.BMC rheumatology · 2023Article
- Burden of idiopathic inflammatory rheumatic diseases in occupational healthcare: increased absenteeism and healthcare resource utilization.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
12 authors at 10 institutions in 6 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveTo summarise the evidence on effectiveness of non-pharmacological (ie, non-drug, non-surgical) interventions on work participation (sick leave, work status and presenteeism) in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs).
methodsA systematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and longitudinal observational studies (LOS) was performed. Qualitative (RCTs/LOS) and quantitative (RCTs) evidence syntheses were conducted. Mixed-effects restricted maximum likelihood models were used to combine effect estimates, using standardised mean differences (SMDs) as the summary measure for each outcome domain separately, with a negative SMD favouring the intervention over comparator. Subgroup analyses were performed for type of RMD, risk status at baseline regarding adverse work outcomes and intervention characteristics.
resultsOf 10 153 records, 64 studies (37 RCTs and 27 LOS; corresponding to
conclusionIn people with RMDs, empirical evidence shows that non-pharmacological interventions have small effects on work participation. Effectiveness depends on contextual factors such as disease, population risk status, intervention characteristics and outcome of interest, highlighting the importance of tailoring interventions.
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