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Effectiveness of a return-to-work intervention for subacute low-back pain
- Source :
- ResearcherID, Hlobil, H, Staal, J B, Spoelstra, M, Ariëns, G A M, Smid, T & van Mechelen, W 2005, ' Effectiveness of a return-to-work intervention for subacute low-back pain ', Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 249-57 .
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- The effectiveness of return-to-work intervention for subacute low-back pain on work absenteeism, pain severity, and functional status was examined by means of a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Publications in English that met the selection criteria were identified in a computer-aided search and assessed for methodological quality. A best-evidence synthesis was performed instead of statistical data pooling, because of the heterogeneity of the interventions and study populations. Five of nine studies comparing return-to-work intervention with usual care were identified as methodologically high-quality studies. Strong evidence was found for the effectiveness of return to work intervention on the return-to-work rate after 6 months and for the effectiveness of return-to-work intervention on the reduction of days of absence from work after > or = 12 months. It can be concluded that return-to-work interventions are equal or more effective regarding absence from work due to subacute low-back pain than usual care is.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Psychological intervention
Severity of Illness Index
Back injury
law.invention
Randomized controlled trial
Patient Education as Topic
law
Behavior Therapy
Intervention (counseling)
Severity of illness
medicine
Humans
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Rehabilitation, Vocational
medicine.disease
Low back pain
Sick leave
Absenteeism
Physical therapy
Ergonomics
medicine.symptom
Sick Leave
business
Low Back Pain
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03553140
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scandinavian journal of work, environmenthealth
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....97906be5e20eff14faea02cbb09d303d