Application of Psychiatric Knowledge in the Rehabilitation Process in Return to Work.

Mental Disorders Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Application of Psychiatric Knowledge in the Rehabilitation Process in Return to Work.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01989767
• Other study ID #: sickness absence 2
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 10, 2013
• Last updated: November 20, 2013
• Start date: November 2011
• Est. completion date: October 2013

Study information

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

Clinical Trial Summary

The hypothesis was that education of rehabilitation officers who were responsible for rehabilitation back to work for sick-listed individuals in screening for mental disorders and psychiatric topics would increase the rate of return to work and reduce the number of sicklisted days

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 317
• Est. completion date: October 2013
• Est. primary completion date: October 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• sick-listed and belonging to the case-load of rehabilitation officers who participated in the intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Disorders
• Psychotic Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• control Rehabilitation as usual
Rehabilitation as usual
• education
Education as add on to to rehabilitation as usual

Locations

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

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hans Joergen Soegaard

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	rate of return to work	The rate of return to work was estimated by Poisson regression and Cox regression based on the duration from the date being sicklisted until the date of return to normal work.	1 year	No
Secondary	number of sickness absence days	After eight weeks of continuous sickness absence the number of sickness absence days within ½ year was counted	½ year	No

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