Prevention of sick leave at the workplace: design of a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a problem-solving intervention among employees with common mental disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Common mental disorders are highly prevalent in the working population, affecting about 1 in 5 persons in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. About 30% of those affected have a first period of sick leave. Despite several attempts to reduce the risk of sick leave among employees with common mental disorders, there is a lack of knowledge about effective, preventive interventions which aim to reduce such risks. This protocol describes the design of a study to evaluate the effectiveness of a problem-solving intervention delivered by first-line managers to employees with common mental disorders on the prevention of sick leave during the 12-month follow-up.

Methods/design

The study applies a two-armed cluster-randomized trial design of

SUBMITTER: Bjork Bramberg E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8474950 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature