Supported Employment and Preventing Early Disability

NCT ID: NCT02375074

Last Updated: 2020-09-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

96 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-05-31

Study Completion Date

2018-07-31

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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

Conditions

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Unemployment

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Supported Employment

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

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Supported Employment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Traditional Vocational Rehabilitation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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

Interventions

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Supported Employment

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

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Traditional Vocational Rehabilitation

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

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

29 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The Research Council of Norway

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Silje Endresen Reme, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre

Locations

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NORCE Norwegian Research Centre

Bergen, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

References

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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):50-59. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3837. Epub 2019 Jun 6.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 31170299 (View on PubMed)

Sveinsdottir V, Eriksen HR, Baste V, Hetland J, Reme SE. Young adults at risk of early work disability: who are they? BMC Public Health. 2018 Oct 16;18(1):1176. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-6095-0.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30326872 (View on PubMed)

Sveinsdottir V, Tveito TH, Bond GR, Grasdal AL, Lie SA, Reme SE. Protocol for the SEED-trial: Supported Employment and preventing Early Disability. BMC Public Health. 2016 Jul 15;16:579. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3280-x.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27422271 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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227002/H20

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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