Feasibility and effectiveness of offering a solution-focused follow-up to employees with psychological problems or muscle skeletal pain: a randomised controlled trial

Nystuen, Pål; Hagen, Kåre Birger

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-3-19

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“…19 This indicates that questions on knowledge of measures available to reduce sick leave in general, and on the duration and measures needed to abbreviate the ongoing sick leave were more important than providing an information letter offering help to reduce sick leave. A recent Dutch randomised controlled trial, however, could not demonstrate significant sickness absence reduction by introducing health promoting interventions at the worksite.…”

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Reducing sick leave by minimal postal intervention: a randomised, controlled intervention study

Fleten

Johnsen²

2006

Occup Environ Med

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Background: The lack of efficient medical interventions for combating increasing sickness absence rates has lead to the introduction of alternative measures initiated by the Norwegian National Insurance Service or at workplaces. Aim: To determine whether minimal postal intervention had any effect on the length of sick leave. Methods: Randomised, controlled trial with a one year follow up in Northern Norway in 1997 and 1998; 990 consecutive newly sick-listed persons with musculoskeletal or mental disorders were studied. Within the intervention group, 495 eligible sick-listed persons received a general information letter and a questionnaire as their sick leave passed 14 days. Possible intervention effects were analysed by survival analysis of the probability of returning to work within one year, and logistic regressions with benefits at one year as the dependent variable. Results: The overall reduction of 8.3 (95% CI 222.5 to 6.0) calendar days in mean length of sick leaves in the intervention group compared to controls, was not statistically significant. However, intervention significantly reduced length of sick leaves in subgroups with mental disorders, and with rheumatic disorders and arthritis, and overall for sick leaves lasting 12 weeks or more. Young people with low back pain showed an adverse effect to intervention. The overall relative risk of receiving benefits due to sickness after one year in the intervention group was 0.69 (95% CI 0.51 to 0.93) compared to controls. Conclusion:The results should encourage employers, insurance institutions, and authorities to initiate challenges as questions on the length of sick leave and possible modified work measures, during the first few weeks of sick leave, for at least some groups of sick-listed persons.

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Section: Mental Disordersmentioning

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Reducing sick leave by minimal postal intervention: a randomised, controlled intervention study

Fleten

Johnsen²

2006

Occup Environ Med

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“…However, less costly interventions have not produced consistent, beneficial results (31)(32)(33) and may even increase the duration of sick leave and delay return to work compared with unstructured treatment of varying intensity (25).…”

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Occupational disorders and return to work: a randomized controlled study

Bonde¹,

Rasmussen²,

Hjøllund³

et al. 2005

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

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“…In a previous study, we attempted to recruit sick-listed employees to an intervention comparing a solution-focused follow-up with standard treatment [9]. Recruitment was done by written invitation only.…”

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Telephone reminders are effective in recruiting nonresponding patients to randomized controlled trials

Nystuen¹,

Hagen²

2004

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

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Feasibility and effectiveness of offering a solution-focused follow-up to employees with psychological problems or muscle skeletal pain: a randomised controlled trial

Abstract: Background: Long-term sick leave has been of concern to politicians and decision-makers in Norway for several years. In the current study we assess the feasibility and effectiveness of offering a voluntary, solution-focused follow-up to sick-listed employees.

Cited by 19 publications

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Reducing sick leave by minimal postal intervention: a randomised, controlled intervention study

Reducing sick leave by minimal postal intervention: a randomised, controlled intervention study

Occupational disorders and return to work: a randomized controlled study

Telephone reminders are effective in recruiting nonresponding patients to randomized controlled trials

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