Mental Disorders
Conditions
Keywords
sickness absence, rehabilitation, mental disorders, screening
Brief summary
The hypothesis was that education of rehabilitation officers who were responsible for rehabilitation back to work for sick-listed individuals in screening for mental disorders and psychiatric topics would increase the rate of return to work and reduce the number of sicklisted days
Interventions
Rehabilitation as usual
Education as add on to to rehabilitation as usual
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* sick-listed and belonging to the case-load of rehabilitation officers who participated in the intervention
Exclusion criteria
* no
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| rate of return to work | 1 year | The rate of return to work was estimated by Poisson regression and Cox regression based on the duration from the date being sicklisted until the date of return to normal work. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| number of sickness absence days | ½ year | After eight weeks of continuous sickness absence the number of sickness absence days within ½ year was counted |
Countries
Denmark