Trial reportScandinavian journal of primary health care2024
Effects of adding early cooperation and a work-place dialogue meeting to primary care management for sick-listed patients with stress-related disorders: CO-WORK-CARE-Stress - a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in Scandinavian journal of primary health care, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03250026 (Cooperation for Patients With Common Mental Disorders), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Cooperation for Patients With Common Mental Disorders: Care Manager Function at the Primary Care Centre and Intervention at the Workplace - CO-WORK-CARE
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.
- Workplace Mental Health Programs for Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Pooled it
- Employees' experiences of involving their managers in the Return-to-Work process through a three-party meeting in primary healthcare - a retrospective interview study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
- Photo-supported conversations about well-being (BeWellScandinavian journal of primary health care · 2025Article
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12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate whether intensified cooperation between general practitioner (GP), care manager and rehabilitation coordinator (RC) for patients sick-listed for stress-related mental disorder, combined with a person-centred dialogue meeting with employer, could reduce sick-leave days compared with usual care manager contact.
designPragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial, randomisation at primary care centre (PCC) level.
settingPCCs in Region Västra Götaland, Sweden, with care manager organisation.
participantsOf 30 invited PCCs, 28 (93%) accepted the invitation and recruited 258 patients newly sick-listed due to stress-related mental disorder (
interventionCooperation between GP, care manager and rehabilitation coordinator from start of illness notification plus a person-centred dialogue meeting between patient and employer within 3 months. Regular contact with care manager was continued at the control PCCs.
main outcome measures12-months net and gross number of sick-leave days. Secondary outcomes: Symptoms of stress, depression, anxiety; work ability and health related quality of life (EQ-5D) over 12 months.
resultsThere were no significant differences between intervention and control groups after 12 months: days on sick-leave (12-months net sick-leave days, intervention, mean = 110.7 days (95% confidence interval (CI) 82.6 - 138.8); control, mean = 99.1 days (95% CI 73.9 - 124.3)), stress, depression, or anxiety symptoms, work ability or EQ-5D. There were no significant differences between intervention and control groups concerning proportion on sick-leave after 3, 6, 12 months. At 3 months 64.8% were on sick-leave in intervention group vs 54.3% in control group; 6 months 38% vs 32.8%, and12 months 16.9% vs 15.5%.
conclusionIncreased cooperation at the PCC between GP, care manager and RC for stress-related mental disorder coupled with an early workplace contact in the form of a person-centred dialogue meeting does not reduce days of sick-leave or speed up rehabilitation.
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