What do systematic reviews say?

Return to work coordination programmes vs usual practice

Return to work coordination programmes showed no clear difference in time to return to work ‐ short‐term compared with usual practice (low certainty).

• Return‐to‐work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  HR 1.32 [0.93, 1.88]
  2 studies · 161 participants
  Low

Return to work coordination programmes vs usual practice

It is very uncertain whether return to work coordination programmes changes proportion who had ever returned to work ‐ short‐term compared with usual practice (very low certainty).

• Return‐to‐work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.87 [0.63, 1.19]
  4 studies · 675 participants
  Very low

Return to work coordination programmes vs usual practice

Return to work coordination programmes showed no clear difference in proportion who had ever returned to work ‐ long‐term compared with usual practice (moderate certainty).

• Return‐to‐work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.03 [0.97, 1.09]
  8 studies · 3822 participants
  Moderate

Return to work coordination programmes vs usual practice

Return to work coordination programmes showed no clear difference in proportion who had ever returned to work ‐ very long‐term compared with usual practice (low certainty).

• Return‐to‐work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.95 [0.88, 1.02]
  3 studies · 938 participants
  Low

Return to work coordination programmes vs usual practice

Return to work coordination programmes showed no clear difference in time to return to work ‐ long‐term compared with usual practice (low certainty).

• Return‐to‐work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  HR 1.25 [0.95, 1.66]
  6 studies · 1935 participants
  Low

Return to work coordination programmes vs usual practice

Return to work coordination programmes showed no clear difference in time to return to work ‐ very long‐term compared with usual practice (low certainty).

• Return‐to‐work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  HR 0.93 [0.74, 1.17]
  2 studies · 474 participants
  Low

Return to work coordination programmes vs usual practice

• Return‐to‐work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 113 participants
  Moderate

Return to work coordination programmes vs usual practice

• Return‐to‐work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  6 studies · 1339 participants
  Low

Return to work coordination programmes vs usual practice

• Return‐to‐work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 8052 participants
  Moderate

Return to work coordination programmes vs usual practice

Return to work coordination programmes showed no clear difference in proportion at work at end of the compared with usual practice (low certainty).

• Return‐to‐work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.06 [0.86, 1.3]
  5 studies · 1388 participants
  Low
• Return‐to‐work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.06 [0.99, 1.15]
  5 studies · 3061 participants
  Low
• Return‐to‐work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.94 [0.82, 1.07]
  2 studies · 815 participants
  Low