Psychological treatments for return to work in individuals on sickness absence due to common mental disorders or musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Common mental disorders (CMDs) and musculoskeletal disorders are highly prevalent in the population and cause significant distress and disability, and high costs to society. The main objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine the outcome and comparative effectiveness of psychological interventions in reducing sickness absence (SA) due to CMDs or musculoskeletal disorders, compared to a waitlist control group, usual care or another clinical intervention.

Methods

We reviewed 3515 abstracts of randomized controlled trials published from 1998 to 2017. Of these, 30 studies were included in the analysis.

Results

The psychological interventions were overall more effective than treatment as usual in reducing SA (small effect sizes), but not c

SUBMITTER: Finnes A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6420449 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature