Self-reported sick leave following a brief preventive intervention on work-related stress

ConclusionsThe brief intervention showed no effect on the numbers of self-reported sick leave days. However, using sick leave as an outcome measure was difficult, as sick leave is multifactorial and the data has a non-normal distribution. In addition, sick leave might be used as an indicator as well as a possible treatment of ill health. Other actions and interventions to address patients perceiving ill health due to work-related stress should be explored.Key messagesSick leave is used as an indicator and as a treatment of ill health, which can complicate the evaluation of studies.The complexity of primary health care trials calls for other evaluation methods.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research