Table 1.

Search terms used

	Population	Intervention	Outcome	Study design
Possible search terms	• Return* to work employee*	• Leader*	• Sustain* return* to work	• Randomi*controlled trial*
	• Return* to work officer*	• Co-workers	• Bearable return* to work	• Intervention*
	• Return* to work worker*	• Social support	• Endurable return* to work	• Cohort
	• RTW rehab*	• Employee* character	• Sustain* recovery	• Experimental
	• Occ* rehab*	• Job crafting	• Back to work	• Randomi*
	• Employee*	• Managers	• Sustain* back to work	• Trial*
	• Absent from work	• Supervisors	• Bearable back to work	• ‘Clinical Trial’ [publication type]
	• Worker* absence from work	• Colleagues	• Endurable back to work	• “Meta-analysis” [publication type]
	• Return* to work staff	• Job re-design	• Workability	• Quasi-experiment
	• Employee* returning from ill-health	• Job altering		• Systematic review
	• Worker* returning from ill-health	• Organi* changes		• Evidence synthesis
	• Staff returning from ill-health	• Personal trait		• Observational
	• Employee* with MSDs	• Individual difference		• Qualitative
	• Worker* with MSD	• Supervision		• Survey
	• Staff with MSDs	• Adaptation*		• Mixed
	• Employee* with depression	• Interventions		• Quantitative
	• Worker* with depression	• Job modification
	• Staff with depression	• Climate
	• Sickness presence	• Vocational
	• MSDs	• Rehab*
	• Musculoskeletal disorders	• Supported employment
	• Depression	• Work adjustment
	• Mental health issues	• Occupation* adjustment
	• Ill-health	• Workplace intervention
	• Time loss from work	• Modified work
		• Occupational intervention