Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

8 questions · 8 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 4 · 50%Moderate 3 · 37.5%High 1 · 12.5%

Sickness absence days, medium‐term · Depressed persons

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions to improve return to work in depressed people 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 130 participants
Low

Days off work · Depressed persons

Work‐directed intervention showed no clear difference in off work, medium‐term compared with care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions to improve return to work in depressed people 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.93 [0.77, 1.11]
1 study · 226 participants
Moderate

Depressive symptoms · Depressed persons

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions to improve return to work in depressed people 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
4 studies · 390 participants
Moderate

Work functioning, medium‐term · Depressed persons

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions to improve return to work in depressed people 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 48 participants
Low

Sickness absence days, medium‐term

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions to improve return to work in depressed people 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
9 studies · 1292 participants
Moderate

On sick leave

Work‐directed plus clinical intervention showed no clear difference in on sick leave compared with care (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions to improve return to work in depressed people 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.08 [0.64, 1.83]
2 studies · 1025 participants
High

Depressive symptoms

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions to improve return to work in depressed people 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
8 studies · 1091 participants
Low

Work functioning

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions to improve return to work in depressed people 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
5 studies · 926 participants
Low