Referral to treatment of absent employees diagnosed with burnout in the Netherlands

ConclusionsOPs referred three quarters of the employees on sick leave with burnout to treatment. Referral by OPs related only to younger age and employee RTW expectation only to BAT score. The practitioners that were referred to most often, focused less on RTW. As burnout is a work-related syndrome, these findings suggest room for improving the treatment's focus on (returning to) work.Key messagesOPs referred 75.9% of the burned out employees on sick leave to treatment, particularly younger employees.The practitioners that were referred to most often, focused less on RTW.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research