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Table 7 Work participation stage “Return to employment”

From: A general framework for selecting work participation outcomes in intervention studies among persons with health problems: a concept paper

Target group

Type of intervention

Examples of outcomes

- Individuals holding a job but not working (fully) due to health reasons

- Non-vocational interventions which may impact sick leave (clinical, pharmacological)

- Vocational interventions aiming to help people get back to work

- Return to work rate (part/fulltime)

- Time to return to work

- Sick leave rate

- Sick leave duration

- Intention to return to work

- Return to work self-efficacy

- Need for recovery