@article{ref1,
title="A systematic review and meta-analysis of return to work after mild Traumatic brain injury",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2018",
author="Bloom, Ben and Thomas, Stephen and Ahrensberg, Jette Møller and Weaver, Rachel and Fowler, Alex and Bestwick, Jon and Harris, Tim and Pearse, Rupert",
volume="32",
number="13-14",
pages="1623-1636",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of return to work (RTW) times for adult patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). <br><br>METHODS: Six databases and six trials registries were searched. Inclusion: studies reporting RTW, > 30 patients, adults, with mTBI. Exclusion: final measurement RTW < 30 days after injury, first measurement > 1 year. <br><br>RESULTS: Of 978 records, 14 eligible studies were identified. Two included patients exclusively in paid employment pre-injury; four included paid employment, students, homemakers or other activities; seven included pre-injury occupational status described but unclear; one included patients whose pre-injury occupational status not described. Three reported average RTW, 12 reported proportions of patients RTW at pre-specified time-points (1 both). Average RTW times varied from 13 to 93 days. At 1 month the proportion of patients RTW (three pooled studies) was 0.56 (95% CI 0.30-0.79), at 6 months (six studies) 0.83 (0.74-0.89), at 12 months (seven studies) 0.89 (0.83-0.93). <br><br>CONCLUSION: More than half of patients with mTBI have returned to work by 1 month after injury, and more than 80% by 6 months. Most studies had poor internal validity. Reporting of outcomes in mTBI is variable, and this accounted for some of the heterogeneity found in this review.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.1080/02699052.2018.1532111",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2018.1532111"
}