Is a Problem-Solving Intervention with Workplace Involvement for Employees on Sickness Absence Due to Common Mental Disorders More Effective, than Care as Usual, in Reducing Sickness Absence Days? Results of a Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial in Primary Health Care

Purpose: The aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of a problem-solving intervention with workplace involvement (PSI-WPI) added to care as usual (CAU) in reducing sickness absence days among employees with common mental disorders compared to CAU alone in Swedish primary health care on a monthly basi...

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Publicado en:Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 615 - 625
Autores principales: Karlsson, Ida, Frantz, Anna, Axén, Iben, Bergström, Gunnar, Bültmann, Ute, Finnes, Anna, Holmgren, Kristina, Kwak, Lydia, Björk Brämberg, Elisabeth
Formato: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Sep2025
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          Karlsson, Ida
          Frantz, Anna
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          Bergström, Gunnar
          Bültmann, Ute
          Finnes, Anna
          Holmgren, Kristina
          Kwak, Lydia
          Björk Brämberg, Elisabeth
        affil: https://ror.org/056d84691 Institute of Environmental Medicine, Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research for Worker Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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          Employees Psychosocial Factors
          Mental Disorders Rehabilitation
          Occupational Diseases Rehabilitation
          Sick Leave
          Absenteeism
          Problem Solving
          Psychosocial Intervention
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          Female
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          Randomized Controlled Trials
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          Single-Blind Studies
          Comparative Studies
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          Employer-Employee Relations
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      ab: Purpose: The aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of a problem-solving intervention with workplace involvement (PSI-WPI) added to care as usual (CAU) in reducing sickness absence days among employees with common mental disorders compared to CAU alone in Swedish primary health care on a monthly basis over 18-months follow-up. Methods: We conducted a cluster-randomised controlled trial including 197 employees blinded to allocation (85 PSI-WPI and 112 CAU). As sickness absence data was skewed and over-dispersed, generalised estimating equations was used to enable a comparison between the intervention and control group for each month of the follow-up period. Results: The median number of sickness absence days over the 18-month follow-up was 78 days, inter-quartile range (IQR) 18–196 for employees receiving PSI-WPI and 64 days, IQR 18–161 for employees receiving CAU. The time x group generalised estimating equations analysis showed no statistically significant difference in sickness absence days per month. Conclusion: The addition of a PSI-WPI to CAU was not more effective in reducing sickness absence days. This may be explained by the primary health care context, lack of specialisation in occupational health and the Swedish social insurance system with specific time limits. Trial registration. The trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT03346395 on January 12th, 2018.
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