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Vocational rehabilitation for MS

A Cochrane review found only limited evidence to support the use of vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis. Just two studies were suitable for inclusion; both were from the US, but neither was of good methodological quality. One study focused on job retention and the other on job re-entry. The data were unable to support or refute the effectiveness or cost effectiveness of the interventions and the reviewers conclude that there is a lack of relevant randomised and clinically controlled trials.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009; 1: article number CD007256. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD007256.pub2/abstract

Tags evidence based practice multiple sclerosis Rehabilitation

Occupational Health at Work June/July 2009 (vol. 06/1) pp42