Prevalence and Effect of Detecting Common Mental Disorders in Long-term Sickness Absence

Depression Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Prevalence and Effect of Detecting Common Mental Disorders in Long-term Sickness Absence

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01989728
• Other study ID #: sickness absence 1
• Secondary ID: RA
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 8, 2013
• Last updated: November 14, 2013
• Start date: November 2004
• Est. completion date: December 2010

Study information

• Verified date: November 2013
• Source: Region MidtJylland Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Unspecified
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The hypothesis was that a large fraction of individuals with common mental disorders were undetected in long-term sickness and that detection of the disorders by screening, a psychiatric diagnostic examination and feedback to the individuals, primary care, and rehabilitation officers improved return to work, improved quality of life and reduced psychological distress.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1121
• Est. completion date: December 2010
• Est. primary completion date: October 2005
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• First sick-listing between August 30, 2004 and August 29, 2005 in six municipalities (118,000 inhabitants)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unable to understand Danish and absence due to pregnancy

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Common Mental Disorders
• Depression
• Disease
• Mental Disorders
• Psychiatric Disorders
• Psychotic Disorders
• Somatoform Disorder
• Somatoform Disorders

Intervention

Procedure:
• psychiatric examination and feedback

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Psychiatric Research Unit west, regional Psychiatric Services West	Herning

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Region MidtJylland Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

References & Publications (7)

Søgaard HJ, Bech P. Compensating for non-response in a study estimating the incidence of mental disorders in long-term sickness absence by a two-phased design. Scand J Public Health. 2010 Aug;38(6):625-32. doi: 10.1177/1403494810373673. Epub 2010 Jun 7. — View Citation

Søgaard HJ, Bech P. Predictive validity of common mental disorders screening questionnaire as a screening instrument in long term sickness absence. Scand J Public Health. 2010 Jun;38(4):375-85. doi: 10.1177/1403494809350520. Epub 2009 Oct 22. — View Citation

Søgaard HJ, Bech P. Psychiatric disorders in long-term sickness absence -- a population-based cross-sectional study. Scand J Public Health. 2009 Sep;37(7):682-9. doi: 10.1177/1403494809344357. Epub 2009 Aug 21. — View Citation

Søgaard HJ, Bech P. Psychometric analysis of common mental disorders -- Screening Questionnaire (CMD-SQ) in long-term sickness absence. Scand J Public Health. 2009 Nov;37(8):855-63. doi: 10.1177/1403494809344653. Epub 2009 Aug 28. — View Citation

Søgaard HJ, Bech P. The effect of detecting undetected common mental disorders on psychological distress and quality of life in long-term sickness absence: a randomised controlled trial. Scand J Public Health. 2010 Dec;38(8):845-56. doi: 10.1177/140349481 — View Citation

Søgaard HJ, Bech P. The effect on length of sickness absence by recognition of undetected psychiatric disorder in long-term sickness absence. A randomized controlled trial. Scand J Public Health. 2009 Nov;37(8):864-71. doi: 10.1177/1403494809347551. Epub — View Citation

Søgaard HJ. Choosing screening instrument and cut-point on screening instruments. A comparison of methods. Scand J Public Health. 2009 Nov;37(8):872-80. doi: 10.1177/1403494809344442. Epub 2009 Aug 28. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Quality of life by means of Social Functioning) SF-36	At baseline when entering long-term sickness absence (eight weeks of continuous sickness absence) the quality of life was measured	1 year	No
Primary	duration until return to work	Included individuals were followed until payment of sickness absence compensation was ended	1-2 years	No
Secondary	Psychological distress by subscales of Hopkins Symptom Checklist Revised (SCL-90-R)	At baseline when entering long-term sickness absence (eight weeks of continuous sickness absence) the psychological distress was measured	1 year	No

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