title: Organizational return to work support and sick leave duration: a cohort of Spanish workers with a long-term non-work-related sick leave episode.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the association between organizational support and time to return to work (RTW) in workers with long-term non-work-related sick leave.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cohort participants were 571 workers, with a non-work-related sick leave episode of more than 15 days, recruited during the first visit in a health insurance company (mutua). Workers completed a baseline questionnaire regarding organizational RTW support measures and were followed until the end of the episodes. Return to work and time to RTW were established on the basis of the mutua's register. Multivariate Cox regression models were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Workers in companies with an overall high organizational RTW support returned to work earlier. This effect was mainly due to workers in companies that provided specific RTW programs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings suggest that companies play an important role in facilitating RTW for workers with long-term non-work-related sick leave episodes.
authors.affiliation: From the Mutual Midat Cyclops, Medical and Health Care Services Division—MC MUTUAL, C/Provença 321, Barcelona, Spain. msampere@mc-mutual.com
authors.forename: Maite
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sampere
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gimeno
authors.forename: Consol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.forename: Manel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Plana
authors.forename: José Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: George L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Delclos
authors.forename: Fernando G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Benavides
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015279:Organizational Culture; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D018582:Sick Leave / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012944:Social Support; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult