Trial Outcomes & Findings for Effect Evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) (NCT NCT01964092)

NCT ID: NCT01964092

Last Updated: 2020-05-14

Results Overview

Labor market participation is operationalized as being registered in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administrations (NAV) State Register of Employers and Employees, and not as a recipient of unemployment or sickness benefits, not receiving work assessment allowance or disability pension with a higher degree of disability than by study inclusion, and registered yearly income.

• Recruitment status: COMPLETED
• Study phase: NA
• Target enrollment: 410 participants
• Primary outcome timeframe: 1 year (2016)
• Results posted on: 2020-05-14

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Measure	Individual Placement and Support Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is a well-defined intervention aiming to help people with disabilities participate in the competitive labor market by working in jobs they prefer with the professional help that they need. IPS actively facilitates job acquisition and provides ongoing support once the client is employed. Individual Placement and Support	Ordinary Employment Schemes The control group will receive treatment as usual in terms of the ordinary employment schemes offered to this group, primarily Work with assistance and/or Traineeship in a sheltered business. Ordinary employment schemes
Overall Study STARTED	229	181
Overall Study COMPLETED	227	181
Overall Study NOT COMPLETED	2	0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Effect Evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS)

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Measure	Individual Placement and Support n=229 Participants Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is a well-defined intervention aiming to help people with disabilities participate in the competitive labor market by working in jobs they prefer with the professional help that they need. IPS actively facilitates job acquisition and provides ongoing support once the client is employed. Individual Placement and Support	Ordinary Employment Schemes n=181 Participants The control group will receive treatment as usual in terms of the ordinary employment schemes offered to this group, primarily Work with assistance and/or Traineeship in a sheltered business. Ordinary employment schemes	Total n=410 Participants Total of all reporting groups
Age, Categorical <=18 years	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical Between 18 and 65 years	229 Participants n=5 Participants	181 Participants n=7 Participants	410 Participants n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical >=65 years	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Age, Continuous	35.86 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.81 • n=5 Participants	34.77 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.76 • n=7 Participants	34.82 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.77 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Female	114 Participants n=5 Participants	85 Participants n=7 Participants	199 Participants n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Male	115 Participants n=5 Participants	96 Participants n=7 Participants	211 Participants n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment Norway	229 participants n=5 Participants	181 participants n=7 Participants	410 participants n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 1 year (2016)

Labor market participation is operationalized as being registered in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administrations (NAV) State Register of Employers and Employees, and not as a recipient of unemployment or sickness benefits, not receiving work assessment allowance or disability pension with a higher degree of disability than by study inclusion, and registered yearly income.

Outcome measures

Measure	Individual Placement and Support n=227 Participants Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is a well-defined intervention aiming to help people with disabilities participate in the competitive labor market by working in jobs they prefer with the professional help that they need. IPS actively facilitates job acquisition and provides ongoing support once the client is employed. Individual Placement and Support	Ordinary Employment Schemes n=181 Participants The control group will receive treatment as usual in terms of the ordinary employment schemes offered to this group, primarily Work with assistance and/or Traineeship in a sheltered business. Ordinary employment schemes
Labor Market Participation in Ordinary Paid Employment, or Education.	83 Participants	49 Participants

Adverse Events

Individual Placement and Support

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 2 deaths

Ordinary Employment Schemes

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Silje Endresen Reme

University of Oslo

Phone: 22845236

Email: s.e.reme@psykologi.uio.no

Results disclosure agreements

• Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
• Publication restrictions are in place