Table 1.
Characteristics of included articles (n = 71)
| Sickness absence (N = 42) |
RTW (N = 21) |
Recurrent sickness absence (N = 11) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Year of publication | ||||||
| >2013 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 64 |
| 2010–2013 | 18 | 43 | 10 | 48 | 4 | 36 |
| 2006–2009 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 14 | ||
| 2002–2005 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | ||
| <2002 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Country | ||||||
| Australia | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Belgium | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Denmark | 5 | 12 | 4 | 19 | ||
| Finland | 6 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| France | 1 | 2.3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Great Britain | 1 | 2.3 | ||||
| Japan | 2 | 18 | ||||
| Norway | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Spain | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| Sweden | 5 | 12 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Canada | 1 | 2.3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| United States | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| The Netherlands | 11 | 26 | 9 | 43 | 6 | 55 |
| Study design | ||||||
| Longitudinal cohort study | 35 | 83 | 21 | 11 | 100 | |
| Cross-sectional study, with retrospective data collection | 7 | 17 | ||||
| Duration of study | ||||||
| >5 years | 5 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 64 |
| 1–5 years | 12 | 29 | 10 | 48 | 3 | 27 |
| 1 year | 15 | 36 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 9 |
| 6–12 months | 6 | 14 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Unclear | 4 | 9 | ||||
| Diagnose CMD group | ||||||
| Depression/anxiety | 8 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| (Major) depression only | 17 | 40 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 18 |
| CMD | 14 | 33 | 12 | 57 | 8 | 73 |
| Burnout/stress | 3 | 7 | 4 | 19 | ||
| Unclear | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Study population | ||||||
| General working population | 21 | 50 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| Specific CMD population | 21 | 50 | 18 | 86 | 8 | 73 |