Supported Employment and Preventing Early Disability

Unemployment Clinical Trial

— SEED  

Official title:

Supported Employment and Preventing Early Disability (SEED)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02375074
• Other study ID #: 227002/H20
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2014
• Est. completion date: July 2018

Study information

• Verified date: September 2020
• Source: NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The share of young workers falling into early work disability is an increasingly important problem in Norway. Early withdrawal or exclusion from the labor market leads to large individual and societal costs. The SEED-trial is a randomized controlled trial aiming to provide evidence-based knowledge about different approaches to prevent permanent disability and increase labor market participation in this important and vulnerable group. The trial includes young adults aged 18-30 years who are at risk of early work disability, and the participants will be randomly assigned to 1 of 2 interventions, both aimed at facilitating participation in working life:

1. Traditional Vocational Rehabilitation (TVR), offering training and preparation for the labor market in a sheltered environment

2. Supported Employment (SE), focusing on competitive employment in real-life settings without long-lasting preceding training

Both interventions are currently provided by The Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration (NAV). Supported Employment was introduced recently and is currently being implemented, while traditional vocational rehabilitation with sheltered employment has been around for years. However, no Norwegian controlled studies have been conducted on these practices in this population. The current study will therefore provide new knowledge of the effect of traditional as well as new and promising interventions to increase labor market participation and prevent early disability.

Description:

A detailed study protocol was published in BMC Public Health in 2016, and is openly available in fulltext at: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-016-3280-x

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 96
• Est. completion date: July 2018
• Est. primary completion date: July 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 29 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria:

• Not in employment or education

• Receiving temporary benefits

• Intended for the VR service "traineeships in sheltered businesses"

Exclusion criteria:

• Not expressing interest in getting help to obtain competitive work

• Insufficient language skills to answer questionnaires in Norwegian

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Unemployment

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Supported Employment
Supported Employment (SE), focusing on competitive employment in real-life settings without long-lasting preceding training.
• Traditional Vocational Rehabilitation
Traditional Vocational Rehabilitation (TVR), offering training and preparation for the labor market in a sheltered environment

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	NORCE Norwegian Research Centre	Bergen

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS	The Research Council of Norway

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

References & Publications (1)

Sveinsdottir V, Lie SA, Bond GR, Eriksen HR, Tveito TH, Grasdal AL, Reme SE. Individual placement and support for young adults at risk of early work disability (the SEED trial). A randomized controlled trial. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2020 Jan 1;46(1): — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Any competitive employment (yes/no)	Several sources of information for competitive employment will be used: Survey data for hours worked and success in employment, and register data for receipt of social security benefits, income, financial assistance, and educational activity.	12 months
Secondary	Physical and mental health	Survey data (anxiety, depression, disability, fatigue, subjective health complaints, quality of life)	12 months
Secondary	Coping	Survey data	12 months
Secondary	Illness perceptions	Survey data	12 months
Secondary	Alcohol and drug abuse	Survey data	12 months
Secondary	Cost effectiveness	Cost/benefit analysis	12 months

External Links

•   Study website