@Article{Hlobil2005, author = "Hlobil, Hynek and Staal, J. Bart and Spoelstra, Maaike and Ariëns, Geertje AM and Smid, Tjabe and van Mechelen, Willem", title = "Effectiveness of a return-to-work intervention for subacute low-back pain", journal = "Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health", year = "2005", month = "Aug", day = "31", number = "4", pages = "249--257", keywords = "back injury; behavioral treatment; effectiveness; ergonomic measure; health education; intervention; low-back pain; occupational health care; pain severity; physical exercise; rehabilitation; return to work; review; subacute low-back pain; work absenteeism", 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 ≥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.
", issn = "0355-3140", doi = "10.5271/sjweh.880", url = "https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=880", url = "https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.880" }