The ReTA-model: Rehabilitation Trail for Workers on Long-term Sick Leave in the Healthcare Sector

Burnout Clinical Trial

— ReTA-model  

Official title:

Validation of the ReTA-model: Rehabilitation Trail for Workers on Long-term Sick Leave in the Healthcare

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05314530
• Other study ID #: ReTA-model
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: September 2023

Study information

• Verified date: March 2022
• Source: Karolinska Institutet
• Contact: Emma Hagqvist, PhD
• Phone: +46730526602
• Email: emma.hagqvist[@]ki.se
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The ReTA-model is a rehabilitation model for return to work after long-term sickness absence (LTSA) due to stress or burnout. The ReTA-model will be validated in this trial among nurses and physicians currently in LTSA. The ReTA-model includes a three-week treatment with exercise, individual and collegial talks with psychology and lecturing. The control group will receive conventional rehabilitation from regular care.

Description:

The ReTA-model is a rehabilitation model for return to work after long-term sickness absence (LTSA) due to stress or burnout. The ReTA-model will be validated in this trial among nurses and physicians currently in LTSA. The ReTA-model includes a three-week treatment with exercise, individual and collegial talks with psychology and lecturing. The control group will receive conventional rehabilitation from regular care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 64
• Est. completion date: September 2023
• Est. primary completion date: April 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• currently on sick leave for burnout

• employed in the Swedish healthcare services as a nurse or as a physician

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Burnout
• Burnout, Psychological

Intervention

Behavioral:
• ReTA-model
Validating the rehabilitation model ReTA

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Karolinska Institutet	Stockholm	Outside U.S. And Canada

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Karolinska Institutet

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Return to work	At work part or full-time compare to no return to work	12 months
Primary	Karolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale KEDS	Decreased points in the KEDS scale 1-19, qith higher scores reflecting greater exhaustion severity.	12 months
Primary	Symptom Checklist - 6	Decreased points on the SCL-6 scale, with a higher number reflecting depression.	12 months
Primary	Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale	Decreased points in the MADRAS scale with score ranging from 0 to 60, with higher scores reflecting greater depression severity.	12 months