Table 1.
First author | Year | Country | Setting | Outcome definition | Final sample size | N factors | Quality score |
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Sub acute phase: 6–12 weeks since first day of injury/sick leave | |||||||
Reme (22) | 2009 | Norway | Secondary care | RTW | 175 | 12 | 19 |
Truchon (23) | 2010 | Canada | WC | RTW | 296 | 9 | 17 |
Gross (70) | 2004 | Canada | WC | RTW | 114 & 132 (2 cohorts) | 3 | 15 |
Joy (24) | 2001 | USA | Secondary care | RTW | 115 | 6 | 14 |
Truchon (25) | 2005 | Canada | WC | RTW | 321 | 4 | 14 |
Schultz (34) | 2004 | Canada | WC | RTW | 214 | 9 | 14 |
Chronic phase >12 weeks since first day of injury/sick leave | |||||||
Gross (36) | 2005 | Canada | Tertiary care | Benefits | 228 & 210 (2 cohorts) | 8 | 21 |
Gauthier (19) | 2006 | Canada | Tertiary care; | Benefits | 255 | 7 | 19 |
Okurowski (26) | 2003 | USA | WC | Benefits | 962 | 4 | 19 |
Gross (71) | 2005 | Canada | OHS | RTW | 45 | 4 | 18 |
Storheim (33) | 2005 | Norway | Secondary care | Benefits | 93 | 3 | 18 |
Anema (72) | 2004 | Multinational | OHS; WC | RTW | 1631 | 3 | 17 |
Blackwell (20) | 2004 | USA | WC | Benefits | 227 | 9 | 17 |
Van der Giezen (27) | 2000 | ISSA study: Netherlands | WC | RTW | 298 | 12 | 16 |
Koopman (73) | 2004 | Netherlands | Tertiary care | RTW | 51 | 5 | 15 |
Anema (29) | 2009 | ISSA study | WC | RTW | 2444 | 19 | 14 |
Mayer (74) | 2001 | USA | Tertiary care | RTW | 1052 | 13 | |
Hansson (28) | 2000 | ISSA study | Occupational health services | RTW | 2106 | 3 | 11 |
Vendrig (21) | 1999 | Netherlands | Secondary care | RTW | 137 | 16 | 11 |
Hazard (30) | 1991 | USA | Secondary & tertiary care | RTW | 195 (1 year), 69 (2 years) | 6 | 11 |
Gallagher (75) | 1989 | USA | Primary care; WC | RTW | 140 | 6+ interactions | 9 |
Gatchel (31) | 1994 | USA | Tertiary care | RTW | 152 | 1 | 8 |
WC Worker’s compensation, OHS Occupational health service, RTW Return to work, Benefits workers compensation/disability benefits