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Administrative data

NCT number NCT05655962
Other study ID # 2021-04412
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date September 1, 2022
Est. completion date March 1, 2025

Study information

Verified date September 2023
Source Region Östergötland
Contact Hanna I Larsen, PhD, MD
Phone 0046 73 8317008
Email hanna.israelsson.larsen@regionostergotland.se
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In a controlled pragmatic multicenter primary care study, centers working according to a newly constructed structured framework for assessment of rehabilitation and sicklisting (STARS) will be investigated. Nine intervention centers working according to STARS will be compared to matched control centers not working according to STARS. The design of this study includes qualitative as well as quantitative measures, with the aim to evaluate the effects of STARS at patient, staff, and organization levels.


Description:

Common mental disorders and musculoskeletal pain are the most frequent causes for sick leave. Despite frequent appearance, the sick listing process is often perceived as uncertain and unclear, both among sick listed patients and health care professionals. In addition, the follow-up of patients on sick leave is sometimes lacking, leading to protracted processes and suffering for the patients. In three healthcare regions in the Southeast of Sweden, a structured framework regarding the sick listing and rehabilitation process has been developed in close collaboration between researchers and clinicians: STructured Assessment of Rehabilitation and Sick listing in primary care (henceforth referred to as STARS), to meet the needs among patients and professionals within health care, as well as to meet the statutory demands regarding coordination efforts for sick-listed patients. The comprehensive design of this study includes qualitative as well as quantitative studies, with the aim to evaluate the effects of STARS at patient, staff, and organization levels. In a controlled pragmatic multicenter primary care study, nine centers (three from each region) working according to STARS will be compared with control centers with care as usual. The STARS framework has seven detailed method supports for health care professionals, each to be applied at different times during the first 90 days of the patients´ sick listing. Potential study participants are a) patients aged 18-65 that are sick listed due to common mental disorders, musculoskeletal pain or residual symptoms from Covid-19 and; b) medical staff involved in the sick listing- and rehabilitation process. Data will be collected through focus group interviews (health care professionals), individual interviews (patients), questionnaires (patients and health care professionals) as well as national registries regarding length and extent of sick listing. Primary outcome measures are length and extent of sick listing up until 90 days (quantitative) and the medical staffs´ experiences and perceptions regarding following the guidelines of the STARS framework (i.e. both qualitative and quantitative data). Secondary outcome measures at the included STARS centers are i) the patients' experiences regarding their sick listing process, ii) the medical staffs´ experiences of their organizational work environment , iii) causes for sick listing >90 days, and iv) health economic studies to investigate the cost-effectiveness of STARS.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 200
Est. completion date March 1, 2025
Est. primary completion date March 1, 2025
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 65 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: Patients: - age =18 years; - sick-listed due to ICD-diagnoses: F00-F99 (mental/behavioral disorders), M00-99 (musculoskeletal pain), R52 (non-specified pain), U08.9, U09.9 or U10.9 (codes related to COVID19); - have received rehabilitation coordination performed by a RECO Health care professionals: - Health care professionals involved in the sick-listing process of the patients at the health care center. Exclusion Criteria: Patients: - inability to understand Swedish; - incapacity to give informed consent; - protected identity Health care professionals: - Health care professionals not involved in the sick-listing process of the patients at the health care center.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
STARS
STARS is a structured framework for assessment of rehabilitation and sicklisting, applied by primarily the rehabilitation coordinators working at the primary health care centers.

Locations

Country Name City State
Sweden Region Östergötland Norrköping

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Region Östergötland Kalmar County Hospital, Region Jönköping County

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Qualitative measures regarding the patients' perception of STARS, assessed by interviews. The patients' perceptions and experiences of their sick listing process at STARS centers, as described in individual interviews with the study participants. Through study completion, an average of 2 years.
Primary Length of sick leave in days. Number of days on the sick leave for patients receiving care at a STARS center compared to control centers. Through study completion, an average of 2 years.
Secondary Qualitative measures regarding the healthcare professionals' perception of STARS, assessed by interviews. The health care professionals' perceptions and experiences of the sick listingprocess at STARS centers. Through study completion, an average of 2 years.
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