The Danish National Return To Work program (?Det store TTA-projekt?): a study in three municipalities of a return to work program aiming to reduce the duration of sickness absence and to enable earlier return to work for citizens on long-term sick leave

Conditions

Long-term sickness absence Not Applicable Long-term sickness absence

Søren Skotte Bjerregaard

BMC Public Health2023-02-027 citations

Effects of a randomized controlled intervention trial on return to work and health care utilization after long-term sickness absence.

Momsen AH, Stapelfeldt CM, Nielsen CV, Nielsen MB, Aust B, Rugulies R, Jensen C.

2016-11-0914 citations

10.1186/s12889-016-3812-4

Work participation and health-related characteristics of sickness absence beneficiaries with multiple somatic symptoms.

Momsen AH, Nielsen CV, Nielsen MB, Rugulies R, Jensen C.

2015-12-219 citations

10.1016/j.puhe.2015.10.018

A multisite randomized controlled trial on time to self-support among sickness absence beneficiaries. The Danish national return-to-work programme

Maj Britt Dahl Nielsen, Jørgen Vinsløv Hansen, Birgit Aust, Torill Tverborgvik, Birthe Lykke Thomsen et al. (13 authors)

European Journal of Public Health2014-02-2718 citations

10.1093/eurpub/cku016

The Danish national return-to-work program--aims, content, and design of the process and effect evaluation.

Aust B, Helverskov T, Nielsen MB, Bjorner JB, Rugulies R, Nielsen K, Sørensen OH, Grundtvig G, Andersen MF, Hansen JV, Buchardt HL, Nielsen L, Lund TL, Andersen I, Andersen MH, Clausen AS, Heinesen E, Mortensen OS, Ektor-Andersen J, Ørbæk P, Winzor G, Bültmann U, Poulsen OM.

2012-01-1323 citations

10.5271/sjweh.3272

Interventions

The intervention is conducted within the municipalities of Copenhagen, Silkeborg and Esbjerg. These municipalities are selected because they all have geographically separated sickness benefit offices

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Citizens on long-term sickness absence (greater than 4 weeks) registered as a 'category 2 case' (citizens in category 2 are according to Danish legislation guidelines assumed to be unable to return to work within a 3-month period, but to be able to gradually return to work). Citizens of either sex and any age can be included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Citizens on sickness absence related to pregnancy 2. Citizens on sickness absence longer than 4 months at inclusion

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Duration of sickness absence 2. Time until RTW (becoming self-supporting) 3. Time until reoccurrence of long-term sickness absence (greater than 3 weeks) Measured from inclusion into the study until end of follow-up	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Changes in self-rated health, mental and physical health and mental disorders (SF-12, SCL8-AD) 6 and 12 months after inclusion in the study 2. Changes in workability (single item), pain ('pain intensity', single 10-point Visual Analogue Scale [VAS] scale and 'pain beliefs' - three items modified from Tampera Scale of kinesiophobia), and sleep patterns (Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire) 6 and 12 months after inclusion in the study 3. Municipal sickness benefit expenses, the level of production (earnings) and municipal and central government transfer payment expenses (Please note, 12-month measure in points 1 and 2 added 14/11/2011. Previously only 6 months)	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Changes in self-rated health, mental and physical health and mental disorders (SF-12, SCL8-AD) 6 and 12 months after inclusion in the study 2. Changes in workability (single item), pain ('pain intensity', single 10-point Visual Analogue Scale [VAS] scale and 'pain beliefs' - three items modified from Tampera Scale of kinesiophobia), and sleep patterns (Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire) 6 and 12 months after inclusion in the study 3. Municipal sickness benefit expenses, the level of production (earnings) and municipal and central government transfer payment expenses (Please note, 12-month measure in points 1 and 2 added 14/11/2011. Previously only 6 months)

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Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed