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Table 3 Summary table of intervention outcomes and main findings

From: Interventions to improve work outcomes in work-related PTSD: a systematic review

Paper

Work outcome

Treatment

Follow-up period

Conclusion

Gersons et al., 2000

RTW

Brief eclectic psychotherapy

3 months

RTW in 86% of clients

Grunert et al., 1989

RTW

On-site work evaluations

12 months

RTW in 87% of clients

Grunert et al., 1992

RTW

Graded work exposure

6 months

RTW in 88% of clients

Högberg et al., 2006

WF

EMDR

Reported in Högberg et al., 2007

12 of 20 clients in treatment group no longer had PTSD post-treatment; improved WF

Högberg et al., 2007

RTW, WF

EMDR

35 months

RTW in 10 of the 12 remitters in Högberg et al. (2006)

Weis, 1999

RTW

Prolonged imaginal exposure

6 months

RTW in 83% of clients

  1. RTW = Return to work
  2. WF = work functioning