Workplace involvement improves return to work rates among employees with back pain on long-term sick leave: a systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions

Carroll, Christopher; Rick, Jo; Pilgrim, Hazel; Cameron, Jackie; Hillage, Jim

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“…The final total of unique publications citing the key paper one or more times within their text was 393. For details of the search process and its results, see the flowchart in the Figure. There was only 2/393 instances of self-citation (Carroll et al 2010;Booth 2008) and one of citation by an author's colleague (Leaviss and Uttley 2015). The break-down of these citing publications by publication type is reported in Table 3.…”

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Measuring academic research impact: creating a citation profile using the conceptual framework for implementation fidelity as a case study

Carroll

2016

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2016

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“…Economic modelling based on this review found that any intervention which returns at least an additional 3% of employees to work and costs less than an additional £3000 per employee is likely to be considered economically attractive compared with usual care, relative to other interventions routinely funded by the NHS. 9 A further review of the evidence for workplace involvement on return-to-work rates following long-term sickness absence 10 found that only a particular type of workplace involvement intervention was consistent in achieving positive return-to-work results. The evidence was limited to employees with back pain and found that active, structured consultation among employee, employer and OH practitioners, and agreements regarding subsequent, appropriate work modifications, appear to be more effective at helping employees on long-term sickness absence to return to work than those interventions which lack such components.…”

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Collaborative case management to aid return to work after long-term sickness absence: a pilot randomised controlled trial

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BackgroundDespite high levels of employment among working-age adults in the UK, there is still a significant minority who are off work with ill health at any one time (so-called ‘sickness absence’). Long-term sickness absence results in significant costs to the individual, to the employer and to wider society.ObjectiveThe overall objective of the intervention was to improve employee well-being with a view to aiding return to work. To meet this aim, a collaborative case management intervention was adapted to the needs of UK employees who were entering or experiencing long-term sickness absence.DesignA pilot randomised controlled trial, using permuted block randomisation. Recruitment of patients with long-term conditions in settings such as primary care was achieved by screening of routine records, followed by mass mailing of invitations to participants. However, the proportion of patients responding to such invitations can be low, raising concerns about external validity. Recruitment in the Case Management to Enhance Occupational Support (CAMEOS) study used this method to test whether or not it would transfer to a population with long-term sickness absence in the context of occupational health (OH).ParticipantsEmployed people on long-term sickness absence (between 4 weeks and 12 months). The pilot was run with two different collaborators: a large organisation that provided OH services for a number of clients and a non-profit community-based organisation.InterventionCollaborative case management was delivered by specially trained case managers from the host organisations. Sessions were delivered by telephone and supported use of a self-help handbook. The comparator was usual care as provided by participants’ general practitioner (GP) or OH provider. This varied for participants according to the services available to them. Neither participants nor the research team were blind to randomisation.Main outcome measuresRecruitment rates, intervention delivery and acceptability to participants were the main outcomes. Well-being, as measured by the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation Outcome Measure (CORE-OM), and return-to-work rates were also recorded.ResultsIn total, over 1000 potentially eligible participants were identified across the sites and invited to participate. However, responses were received from just 61 of those invited (5.5%), of whom 16 (1.5%) were randomised to the trial (seven to treatment, nine to control). Detailed information on recruitment methods, intervention delivery, engagement and acceptability is presented. No harms were reported in either group.ConclusionsThis pilot study faced a number of barriers, particularly in terms of recruitment of employers to host the research. Our ability to respond to these challenges faced several barriers related to the OH context and the study set up. The intervention seemed feasible and acceptable when delivered, although caution is required because of the small number of randomised participants. However, employees’ lack of engagement in the research might imply that they did not see the intervention as valuable.Future workDeveloping effective and acceptable ways of reducing sickness absence remains a high priority. We discuss possible ways of overcoming these challenges in the future, including incentives for employers, alternative study designs and further modifications to recruitment methods.Trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN33560198.FundingThis project was funded by the NIHR Public Health Research programme and will be published in full inPublic Health Research; Vol. 6, No. 2. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.

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“…Fewer cases per SIO might therefore help to increase the number of cooperations with workplaces. Although this initially will require more resources, it might turn out to be more effective in the end, as studies consistently have found that interventions involving the workplace, to -for example -implement work modifications, were more effective than interventions not involving the workplace (29,30). The most recent change in the Danish sickness benefit scheme, which took effect in …”

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Implementation of the Danish return-to-work program: process evaluation of a trial in 21 Danish municipalities

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Scand J Work Environ Health

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Although widely recommended, the implementation of a multidisciplinary, coordinated and tailored approach in RTW-management is not an easy task. Evaluating the implementation of the Danish RTW program in 21 municipalities showed that especially the establishment of well-functioning interdisciplinary RTW-teams, early assessment and more frequent cooperation with employers was challenging. A better understanding of these challenges is needed to improve implementation. Affiliation:

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Workplace involvement improves return to work rates among employees with back pain on long-term sick leave: a systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions

Abstract: Stakeholder participation and work modification are more effective and cost effective at returning to work adults with musculoskeletal conditions than other workplace-linked interventions, including exercise.

Cited by 176 publications

References 45 publications

Measuring academic research impact: creating a citation profile using the conceptual framework for implementation fidelity as a case study

Measuring academic research impact: creating a citation profile using the conceptual framework for implementation fidelity as a case study

Collaborative case management to aid return to work after long-term sickness absence: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Implementation of the Danish return-to-work program: process evaluation of a trial in 21 Danish municipalities

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