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To evaluate whether an activating intervention is more effective than care as usual in decreasing sickness leave duration and symptom intensity among employees with adjustment disorders.

May 28, 2003Occupational and Environmental MedicineOpen Access

Reducing long term sickness absence by an activating intervention in adjustment disorders: a cluster randomised controlled design

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JKJ. J. L. van der KlinkTilburg University RBRoland W. B. BlonkTilburg University ASA.H. ScheneRadboud University Nijmegen

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Randomized trial shows accelerated return to work in employees with adjustment disorders, indicating behavioral activation shortens sickness absence.

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To evaluate whether an activating intervention is more effective than care as usual in decreasing sickness leave duration and symptom intensity among employees with adjustment disorders.
Prospective, cluster randomized controlled trial conducted with 192 patients on their first sickness leave for an adjustment disorder.
Outcomes including symptom intensity, sickness absence duration, and return-to-work rates were evaluated at 3 and 12 months using intention-to-treat analysis.
At 3 months, significantly more patients in the activating intervention arm returned to work compared to the control arm.
At 12 months, all patients had resumed work, but cumulative sickness leave duration was significantly shorter and recurrence rates were lower in the intervention group.
Both groups exhibited equivalent declines in symptom intensity toward normal reference levels over time, with no between-group difference in symptom reduction.

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Klink et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a701ece2163a0a01bc4554a https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.60.6.429

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Randomized trial shows accelerated return to work in employees with adjustment disorders, indicating behavioral activation shortens sickness absence.

Reducing long term sickness absence by an activating intervention in adjustment disorders: a cluster randomised controlled design

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Reducing long term sickness absence by an activating intervention in adjustment disorders: a cluster randomised controlled design

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