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Developing and testing a case-management intervention to support the return to work of health care workers with common mental health disorders
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BACKGROUNDTo assess the feasibility and acceptability of conducting a trial of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a new case-management intervention to facilitate the return to work of health care workers, on sick leave, having a common mental disorder (CMD).METHODSA mixed methods feasibility study.RESULTSSystematic review examined 40 articles and 2 guidelines. Forty-nine National Health Service Occupational Health (OH) providers completed a usual care survey. We trained six OH nurses as case managers and established six recruitment sites. Forty-two out of 1938 staff on sick leave with a CMD were screened for eligibility, and 24 participants were recruited. Out of them, 94% were female. Eleven participants received the intervention and 13 received usual care. Engagement with most intervention components was excellent. Return-to-work self-efficacy improved more in the intervention group than in the usual care group. Qualitative feedback showed the intervention was acceptable.CONCLUSIONSThe intervention was acceptable, feasible and low cost to deliver, but it was not considered feasible to recommend a large-scale effectiveness trial unless an effective method could be devised to improve the early OH referral of staff sick with CMD. Alternatively, the intervention could be trialled as a new stand-alone OH intervention initiated at the time of usual OH referral.
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2022
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Mental health, Return to work, Health personnel, Occupational health
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Parsons, V., Juszczyk, D., Gilworth, G., Ntani, G., Henderson, M., Smedley, J., McCrone, P., Hatch, S. L., Shannon, R., Coggon, D., et al. (2022). Developing and testing a case-management intervention to support the return to work of health care workers with common mental health disorders. Journal of Public Health, DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdac055
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