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Organizational Return to Work Support and Sick Leave Duration: A Cohort of Spanish Workers With a Long-Term Non-Work-Related Sick Leave Episode.
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PMID:  21654440     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE:: To analyze the association between organizational support and time to return to work (RTW) in workers with long-term non-work-related sick leave. METHODS:: Cohort participants were 571 workers, with a non-work-related sick leave episode of more than 15 days, recruited during the first visit in a health insurance company (mutua). Workers completed a baseline questionnaire regarding organizational RTW support measures and were followed until the end of the episodes. Return to work and time to RTW were established on the basis of the mutua's register. Multivariate Cox regression models were used. RESULTS:: Workers in companies with an overall high organizational RTW support returned to work earlier. This effect was mainly due to workers in companies that provided specific RTW programs. CONCLUSIONS:: Our findings suggest that companies play an important role in facilitating RTW for workers with long-term non-work-related sick leave episodes.
Authors:
Maite Sampere; David Gimeno; Consol Serra; Manel Plana; José Miguel Martínez; George L Delclos; Fernando G Benavides
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine     Volume:  53     ISSN:  1536-5948     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-6-9     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9504688     Medline TA:  J Occup Environ Med     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  674-679     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
From the Mutual Midat Cyclops (MC MUTUAL), Medical and Health Care Services Division (Dr Sampere, Dr Plana); Center for Research in Occupational Health (CISAL), Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Dr Sampere, Dr Gimeno, Dr Serra, Dr Martínez, Dr Delclos, Dr Benavides); CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP) (Dr Gimeno, Dr Serra, Dr Martínez, Dr Delclos, Dr Benavides); and Occupational Health Service, Parc de Salut Mar (Dr Serra), Barcelona, Spain; and Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas School of Public Health, San Antonio (Dr Gimeno) and Houston (Dr Delclos), Tex.
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