Effectiveness was measured by rate of return to work and health related quality of life (SF-36).
Future research should include a broader range of patient outcomes, including quality of life, return to work, health care related costs, and fatigue.
On the other hand, patients with screw only fixation took significantly longer to return to work, but this was related to a longer period of immobilization that was necessary to prevent breaking of screws or loss of reduction.
Gill's procedure is a less invasive procedure, patients can return to work quickly and instrumented related complications are avoided.
After an extensive literature review, we have identified 26 articles that have analysed the frequency of employment and return to work, absenteeism from work, factors related to employment, i.e. facilitators and barriers of returning to work.
Potential confounders related to return to work should be included too.
Workability and factors related to return to work were elicited in the 1-year follow-up questionnaire.
In both cases, their advice appeared to have limited effect on helping patients return to work or effectively manage work problems related to their back pain.
Earlier research has shown that the quality of the occupational physician's performance and the continuity of care are related to return to work of cancer patients.
The working relationship with the SIO officer was not related to return to work, but an association (rs = 0.70, p < 0.001) to client satisfaction at 16 weeks appeared in the CAU group alone.
