Comparison 2. Work‐directed counselling vs usual care.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Proportion returning to work (all studies)	4		Risk Ratio (IV, Random, 95% CI)	Totals not selected
1.1 Short term (< 6 months)	1		Risk Ratio (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.0 [0.0, 0.0]
1.2 Medium term (6 months‐1 year)	2		Risk Ratio (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.0 [0.0, 0.0]
1.3 Long term (> 1 to < 5 years)	1		Risk Ratio (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.0 [0.0, 0.0]
2 Mean time until return to work (days)	4	618	Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐7.52 [‐20.07, 5.03]
3 Adverse effects: cardiac deaths	2	388	Risk Ratio (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.00 [0.19, 5.39]
4 Adverse effects: reinfarctions	2	388	Risk Ratio (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.67 [0.21, 2.11]