TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of return to work for people on sick leave with common mental disorders
T2 - a systematic review and meta-analysis
AU - Fisker, Jonas
AU - Hjorthøj, Carsten
AU - Hellström, Lone
AU - Mundy, Sara Skriver
AU - Rosenberg, Nicole Gremaud
AU - Eplov, Lene Falgaard
N1 - © 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - PURPOSE: To support the return to work following common mental disorders knowing which factors influence the return to work is important. We aimed to identify factors predicting return to work for people on sick leave with disorders like stress, anxiety, and depression.METHODS: A systematic review and meta-analyses were conducted regarding return to work at any time point, < 3 months, 3-12 months, and > 12 months of sick leave, respectively, and diagnostic subgroups.RESULTS: The meta-analyses included 29 studies. Predictors decreasing return to work probability at any time point were higher age, being male, neuroticism and openness, previous sickness absence, and higher symptom scores. Predictors increasing return to work probability were positive return to work expectations, high return to work- and general self-efficacy, conscientiousness, and high workability index. Return to work within < 3 months of sick leave was associated with positive return to work expectations. Return to work after > 12 months was increased by higher education. Higher age was associated with decreased return to work probability after > 12 months. No significant predictors were found in diagnostic subgroups.CONCLUSION: Results are overall consistent with earlier reviews. Future studies should focus on specific time points, diagnostic subgroups, and work-related factors.PROSPERO REGISTRATION ID: CRD42018073396.
AB - PURPOSE: To support the return to work following common mental disorders knowing which factors influence the return to work is important. We aimed to identify factors predicting return to work for people on sick leave with disorders like stress, anxiety, and depression.METHODS: A systematic review and meta-analyses were conducted regarding return to work at any time point, < 3 months, 3-12 months, and > 12 months of sick leave, respectively, and diagnostic subgroups.RESULTS: The meta-analyses included 29 studies. Predictors decreasing return to work probability at any time point were higher age, being male, neuroticism and openness, previous sickness absence, and higher symptom scores. Predictors increasing return to work probability were positive return to work expectations, high return to work- and general self-efficacy, conscientiousness, and high workability index. Return to work within < 3 months of sick leave was associated with positive return to work expectations. Return to work after > 12 months was increased by higher education. Higher age was associated with decreased return to work probability after > 12 months. No significant predictors were found in diagnostic subgroups.CONCLUSION: Results are overall consistent with earlier reviews. Future studies should focus on specific time points, diagnostic subgroups, and work-related factors.PROSPERO REGISTRATION ID: CRD42018073396.
KW - Anxiety
KW - Employment
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Infant
KW - Male
KW - Mental Disorders
KW - Return to Work
KW - Sick Leave
U2 - 10.1007/s00420-021-01827-3
DO - 10.1007/s00420-021-01827-3
M3 - Review
C2 - 35106629
SN - 0340-0131
VL - 95
JO - International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
JF - International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
IS - 7
ER -