Background
stress-related exhaustion disorder, exhaustion disorder, stress-related mental disorders, CMD, stress disorders
DISORDERS
During the last decade, common mental disorders are the most prevalent diagnoses leading to sick leave among Swedish workers. Within this group, stress-related mental disorders were the most common diagnoses, including acute stress reaction, reaction to severe stress and stress-related exhaustion disorder (ED) [The consequences of stress-related disorders can be found at all levels: for individuals, who often have long-lasting symptoms and sick leave; for employers, due to loss of productivity and high levels of absenteeism and turnover; and for society, due to increased costs for social security and health care [Work-related conditions often play an important role, and factors such as high demands and low control, high workload, low reward, and job insecurity increase the risk of developing stress-related symptoms [Several systematic reviews on the effect of RTW interventions in people with common mental disorders (CMD), including work-related stress, have been conducted and have shown ambiguous [There are, however, recent examples of promising interventions in clinical settings. In a non-controlled clinical trial consisting of a 24-week multimodal intervention at two specialised rehabilitation centres in Sweden, including sessions with rehabilitation coordinators and rehabilitation meetings for patients with stress-induced exhaustion disorder, researchers found improved self-reported RTW rates [Thus, the current evidence suggests that the question of how to best help people who are on sick leave due to stress disorders to reintegrate into the workforce needs to be explored further. The present study aims to fill that knowledge gap. In recent years, rehabilitation coordinators (RCs) have been introduced in the Swedish health care system. Their role is to provide individual support to sick-listed patients and to coordinate with other public services and employers in the RTW process [