Sustainable Return to Work: A Systematic Review Focusing on Personal and Social Factors.

ABSTRACT: Purpose A systematic review was conducted to evaluate the impact of important personal and social factors on sustainable return to work (RTW) after ill-health due musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and common mental disorders (CMDs) and to compare the effects of these personal and social factors across both conditions. Sustainable RTW is defined as a stable full-time or part-time RTW to either original or modified job for a period of at least 3 months without relapse or sickness absence re-occurrence. Methods A literature search was conducted in 13 databases and 79 studies were selected for the review, of which the methodological design was graded as very high, high and low quality. Results The most consistent evidence for achieving sustainable RTW for both MSDs and CMDs was from support fro

SUBMITTER: Etuknwa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6838034 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature