Return to work with long COVID: a rapid review of support and challenges.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore existing evidence for the provision of support for return to work (RTW) in long COVID (LC) patients and the barriers and facilitators to taking up this support.

Design

A rapid review reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. The study was preregistered in PROSPERO (ID: CRD42023478126).

Data sources

Searches were completed in June 2024 across major databases including MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, evidence-based medicine reviews, Web of Science and Google Scholar.

Eligibility criteria

Included studies focused on people with LC (PwLC) symptoms lasting over 12 weeks and addressed either: (1) non-workplace- or workplace-based support for RTW and/or (2) barriers and facilitators

SUBMITTER: Daniels S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12506103 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature