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Long-term effects of early versus delayed vocational rehabilitation--a four-year follow-up
1Centre for Studies of National Social Insurance, Mid-Sweden University, SE-831 25 Ostersund, Sweden. svenuno.marnetoft@mh.se
Disability and Rehabilitation
|October 25, 2002
Abstract
Purpose:
The aim of this study was to investigate whether early vocational rehabilitation is more effective than rehabilitation initiated at a later stage.
Method:
The study was based on a sample of 612 individuals on long-term sick leave (90 days or more) who had received vocational rehabilitation. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to investigate whether time before start of rehabilitation was associated with the outcome.
Results:
The study supports the hypothesis that early interventions are more effective than late, but only for women, and more so for the younger woman than for the older.
