The SME tool supporting employers of small- and medium-sized enterprises during the return to work of employees on long-term sick leave: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial and for a process evaluation.

Background: Returning to work after long-term sick leave can be challenging, particularly in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) where support may be limited. Recognizing the responsibilities and challenges of SME employers, a web-based intervention (hereafter the SME tool) has been developed. The SME tool aims to enhance the employer's intention and ability to support the sick-listed employee.

Incidence Rates and Predictors of Recurrent Long-Term Mental Sickness Absence Due to Common Mental Disorders.

Purpose: Several predictors have been identified for mental sickness absence, but those for recurrences are not well-understood. This study assesses recurrence rates for long-term mental sickness absence (LTMSA) within subgroups of common mental disorders (CMDs) and identifies predictors of recurrent LTMSA.

Methods: This historical prospective cohort study used routinely collected data from 16,310 employees obtained from a nationally operating Dutch occupational health service (ArboNed).

Sustainable employability of long-term care staff in self-managing teams: A qualitative study.

Aim: To discover what long-term care (LTC) staff working in self-managing teams consider necessary to remain sustainably employable.

Design: Qualitative study with semi-structured interviews.

Methods: In 2020, semi-structured interviews were conducted one-on-one with 25 LTC workers from a medium-large Dutch organization providing long-term care.

Socioeconomic differences in working life expectancy: a scoping review.

Background: In the last decade, interest in working life expectancy (WLE) and socioeconomic differences in WLE has grown considerably. However, a comprehensive overview of the socioeconomic differences in WLE is lacking. The aim of this review is to systematically map the research literature to improve the insight on differences in WLE and healthy WLE (HWLE) by education, occupational class and income while using different ways of measuring and estimating WLE and to define future research needs.

[The implementation of non-effective care - how and why].

Increasing pressure on the healthcare system makes it essential that we use limited resources efficiently. In addition to implementation of (cost-)effective care, de-implementation, the abolishment of ineffective care, is important. In two recent Dutch examples, on de-implementation of back pain care and tonsillectomies/adenotomies, it appears that can take up to decades.

Clinical Work-Integrating Care in Current Practice: A Scoping Review.

Purpose: Clinical work-integrating care (CWIC) refers to paying attention to work participation in a clinical setting. Working patients may benefit from CWIC. The purpose of this study is to explore the extent and nature to which medical specialists provide CWIC and what policies and guidelines oblige or recommend specialists to do.

Patients' Experiences, Needs, and Expectations of Cooperation Between Medical Specialists and Occupational Health Physicians: A Qualitative Study.

Objective: Cooperation between clinical and occupational health care practitioners is a key aspect of clinical work-integrating care. This study aimed to gain insight into patients' experiences, needs, and expectations regarding cooperation between medical specialists and occupational health physicians.

Methods: A thematic qualitative study was conducted involving a total of 33 participants in eight online focus groups.

Return-to-work rates and predictors of absence duration after COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate employee return-to-work (RTW) rates and examine predictors of absence duration after COVID-19. RTW rates were referenced against RTW rates after absence due to flu-like symptoms and assessed over the course of the pandemic.

Methods: Routinely collected data from a nationally operating Dutch occupational health service was used.

Development of the core of an ICF-based instrument for the assessment of work capacity and guidance in return to work of employees on sick leave: a multidisciplinary modified Delphi study.

Background: Several occupational health disciplines are involved in return to work guidance, implying that good interdisciplinary collaboration is important. A shared conceptual framework and a common language for the assessment of work capacity and guidance in return to work is expected to be at the benefit of appropriate and sustainable employability of sick employees. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) can be considered a shared conceptual framework and is also promising in terms of a common language.

Current practices, needs, and expectations of discussing work with a medical specialist from a patient's perspective: a qualitative study.

Purpose: Attention to paid work in clinical health care-clinical work-integrating care (CWIC)-might be beneficial for patients of working age. However, the perceptions and expectations of patients about CWIC are unknown. The aim of this study was to develop an understanding of current practices, needs, and expectations among patients for discussing work with a medical specialist.

A conceptual framework addressing the complex labour market dynamics of the work-to-retirement process.

The way in which retirement is conceptualized and measured is likely to influence the research findings. The previous literature has addressed a wide range of elements related to the complex work-to-retirement process, such as early, late and partial retirement, statutory retirement, work disability and unemployment paths to retirement, or different types of bridge employment. However, conceptual clarity in terms of connections between the different elements is called for.

Cancer survivors and adverse work outcomes: associated factors and supportive interventions.

Introduction: The number of cancer survivors in a working age is rising. An awareness of factors associated with adverse work outcomes, and of supportive interventions, is needed.

Sources Of Data: A narrative review of research obtained via several databases, including Medline and PsycINFO, was conducted.

The slow de-implementation of non-evidence-based treatments in low back pain hospital care-Trends in treatments using Dutch hospital register data from 1991 to 2018.

Background: Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability worldwide and has an excessive societal burden. Accumulating evidence has shown that some medical approaches such as imaging in absence of clear indications, medication and some invasive treatments may contribute to the problem rather than alleviating it.

Objectives: To determine the extent of de-implementation of non-evidence-based hospital treatments for LBP care in the Netherlands in the last three decades.

Effectiveness of Team and Organisational Level Workplace Interventions Aimed at Improving Sustainable Employability of Aged Care Staff: A Systematic Review.

Purpose The sustainable employability of healthcare professionals in aged care is under pressure, but research into the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving employees' sustainable employability is scarce. This review therefore aimed to investigate the effectiveness of workplace interventions on sustainable employability of healthcare professionals in aged care. Methods A systematic literature search was performed.

Employment trends at older ages: policy impact or secular change?

Unlabelled: Observed increases in retirement age are generally attributed to policies to extend working lives (PEW). In a quasi-experimental design, we examine to what extent increases in employment of older workers can be attributed to secular changes in individual characteristics as opposed to PEW. We compare two countries: one with clear PEW (the Netherlands) and one without PEW (Norway).

Implementing Nonoperative Treatment Strategy for Simple Pediatric Appendicitis: A Qualitative Study.

Introduction: A nonoperative treatment strategy (NOT) with antibiotics for children with simple appendicitis could reduce anesthesia and surgery-related complications. As the implementation of a new treatment in routine clinical practice may take years, this study aims to identify barriers and facilitators for implementation of NOT for children with simple appendicitis.

Materials And Methods: To identify barriers and facilitators for its implementation, we conducted 14 semistructured interviews and a focus group with health insurance/hospital policymakers, surgical clinicians, and young people-together with their parents-who have been treated surgically or with antibiotics.

The differentiated roles of health in the transition from work to retirement - conceptual and methodological challenges and avenues for future research.

Objectives: The aim of this discussion paper is to (i) identify the differentiated roles of health in the work-retirement transition, and, with respect to these, (ii) highlight topics related to conceptual and methodological problems and challenges in research, and (iii) present avenues for future research.

Methods: This discussion paper summarizes an OMEGA-NET working group discussion ongoing from November 2018 to September 2021 with face-to-face and online meetings as well as a written online discourse.

Results: 'Health' and 'retirement' are ambiguous concepts.

Working from home: mismatch between access and need in relation to work-home interference and fatigue.

Objectives: Working from home (WfH) is a promising practice that may enable employees to successfully and sustainably combine work and private life. Yet, not every employer facilitates WfH and not every employee has similar needs concerning the practice. The current study aims to examine the association of a WfH mismatch with work-home interference (WHI) and fatigue.

Loss of Paid Employment up to 4 Years after Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis-A Nationwide Register-Based Study with a Population-Based Reference Group.

Cancer survivors consider work as a key aspect of cancer survivorship while previous research indicated that cancer survivors have a higher risk of unemployment. The objectives were to assess: (1) whether colorectal cancer survivors less often have paid employment at diagnosis compared to a population-based reference group, (2) whether colorectal cancer survivors with paid work have a higher risk of loss of employment up to 4 years after diagnosis compared to a population-based reference group and (3) which colorectal cancer survivors are at highest risk of loss of paid employment. In a nationwide register-based study, persons diagnosed with colorectal cancer ( = 12,007) as registered in the Netherlands Cancer Registry, were compared on loss of paid employment with a sex and age-matched population-based reference group ( = 48,028) from Statistics Netherlands.

Occupational Exposures Associated with Life Expectancy without and with Disability.

Policies to extend working lives often do not take into account potentially important health inequalities arising from differences in occupational exposures. Little is known about which occupational exposures are associated with these inequalities. This study aims to examine differences in life expectancy without and with disability by occupational exposures.

Proposal to extend the PROMIS® item bank v2.0 'Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities': item generation and content validity.

Purpose: Previous research indicated that the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) item bank v2.0 'Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities' may miss subdomains of social participation. The purpose of this study was to generate items for these missing subdomains and to evaluate their content validity.

Association between retirement and mortality: working longer, living longer? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aim: This study summarised available evidence on the association between early and on-time retirement, compared with continued working, and mortality. Moreover, this study investigated whether and to what extent gender, adjustment for demographics and prior health status influence this association.

Methods: A systematic literature search of longitudinal studies was conducted.

A qualitative study investigating the meaning of participation to improve the measurement of this construct.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to improve the measurement of participation. Research questions were as follows: (1) What constitutes participation according to adults? (2) Do they mention participation subdomains that are not covered in the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) item bank "Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities"?

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 46 adults from the general population. Interviews were thematically analysed using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as conceptual framework.