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Pre-return-to-work medical consultation for low back pain workers. Good practice recommendations based on systematic review and expert consensus
PETIT, Audrey; ROZENBERG, Sylvie; FASSIER, Jean-Baptiste et al.
2015In Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 58 (5), p. 298-304
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Keywords :
return to work; disability; low-back pain; sick leave; occupational health
Abstract :
[en] Objectives The pre-return-to-work medical consultation during sick leave for low back pain (LBP) aims at assessing the worker's ability to resume working without risk for his/her health, and anticipating any difficulties inherent to returning to work and job retention. This article summarizes the good practices guidelines proposed by the French Society of Occupational Medicine (SFMT) and the French National Health Authority (HAS), and published in October 2013. Methods Good practices guidelines developed by a multidisciplinary and independent task force (24 experts) and peer review committee (50 experts) based on a literature review from 1990 to 2012, according to the HAS methodology. Results According to the labour regulations, workers can request a medical consultation with their occupational physician at any time. The pre-return-to-work consultation precedes the effective return-to-work and can be requested by the employee regardless of their sick leave duration. It must be scheduled early enough to: (i) deliver reassuring information regarding risks to the lower back and managing LBP; (ii) evaluate prognostic factors of chronicity and prolonged disability in relations to LBP and its physical, social and occupational consequences in order to implement the necessary conditions for returning to work; (iii) support and promote staying at work by taking into account all medical, social and occupational aspects of the situation and ensure proper coordination between the different actors. Conclusion A better understanding of the pre-return-to-work consultation would improve collaboration and coordination of actions to facilitate resuming work and job retention for patients with LBP
Disciplines :
Public health, health care sciences & services
Author, co-author :
PETIT, Audrey
ROZENBERG, Sylvie
FASSIER, Jean-Baptiste
ROUSSEAU, Sandrine
Mairiaux, Philippe  ;  Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Département des sciences de la santé publique
Language :
English
Title :
Pre-return-to-work medical consultation for low back pain workers. Good practice recommendations based on systematic review and expert consensus
Publication date :
October 2015
Journal title :
Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
ISSN :
1877-0657
eISSN :
1877-0665
Publisher :
Elsevier
Volume :
58
Issue :
5
Pages :
298-304
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
HAS France
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