The association between having a coordinator and return to work: the rapid-return-to-work cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to assess if the reported provision of a coordinator was associated with time to first return to work (RTW) and first full RTW among sick-listed employees who participated in different rapid-RTW programmes in Norway.

Design

The study was designed as a cohort study.

Setting

Rapid-RTW programmes financed by the regional health authority in hospitals and Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration in Norway.

Participants

The sample included employees on full-time sick leave (n=326) who participated in rapid-RTW programmes (n=43), who provided information about the coordination of the services they received. The median age was 46 years (minimum-maximum 21-67) and 71% were female. The most common reported diagnoses were musculosk

SUBMITTER: Skarpaas LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398742 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature