Effects of Workplace Intervention in Occupational Rehabilitation on Return to Work

NCT ID: NCT02541890

Last Updated: 2021-08-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 175 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-04-30
• Study Completion Date: 2018-03-31

Brief Summary

Aim is to study the effect of a work place intervention during a multicomponent return-to-work rehabilitation program on return-to-work. The intervention is compared with inpatient rehabilitation only, and participants will be recruited from the diagnostic groups dominating the sick-leave statistics, namely musculoskeletal disorders, common mental disorders (e.g. stress, depression and anxiety), and unspecific disorders including chronic fatigue.

Detailed Description

Long-term sick-listing from work has considerable impact on social function, on the families of the sick-listed persons, the companies they work for, and society as a whole. Hence, the need for documented effective vocational rehabilitation programs is pressing. Vocational rehabilitation services described in the scientific literature have been specific to one single or a specific group of medical conditions (e.g.low back pain). In contrast, most people on sick leave have several health complaints, and many of the factors influencing sick leave are shared regardless of disorder (e.g. social surroundings, workplace environment), calling for rehabilitation programs that can be employed for both musculoskeletal, unspecific and common mental disorders. Research indicates that interventions on the work place might facilitate return to work. The aim of this study is therefore to investigate the effect of a work place intervention during a multicomponent return-to-work rehabilitation program on return-to-work.

Conditions

Mental Disorders; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Work place intervention

Work place intervention in addition to rehabilitation program.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Work place intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Meeting at the work place including the patient, the employer and the rehabilitation therapist. Aim of meeting is to discuss challenges and possibilities in the patient's return to work process and to make a plan for return to work.

Rehabilitation program only

Rehabilitation program without intervention at the work place.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Work place intervention

Meeting at the work place including the patient, the employer and the rehabilitation therapist. Aim of meeting is to discuss challenges and possibilities in the patient's return to work process and to make a plan for return to work.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Resident of Central Norway
• Sick-listed due to common mental disorders, musculoskeletal pain/problems, unspecific disorders and/or fatigue
• Sick-listed more than 50 %
• Sick-listed longer than 8 weeks
• Has employer and is willing to participate in a work place intervention during the rehabilitation program

Exclusion Criteria

• is self-employed
• has, or is currently examined for, a serious somatic or psychiatric disorder
• suffers from substance abuse
• has trouble with participating in a group
• is in a rehabilitation process that will interfere with the occupational rehabilitation program
• function level is to weak to participate in the rehabilitation program

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Trondheim University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Marius S Fimland, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Locations

Nowegian University of Science and Technology, Department of public health

Trondheim, , Norway

Countries

Norway

References

Rise MB, Skagseth M, Klevanger NE, Aasdahl L, Borchgrevink P, Jensen C, Tenggren H, Halsteinli V, Jacobsen TN, Loland SB, Johnsen R, Fimland MS. Design of a study evaluating the effects, health economics, and stakeholder perspectives of a multi-component occupational rehabilitation program with an added workplace intervention - a study protocol. BMC Public Health. 2018 Feb 5;18(1):219. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5130-5.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 29402253 (View on PubMed)

Skagseth M, Fimland MS, Rise MB, Johnsen R, Borchgrevink PC, Aasdahl L. Effectiveness of adding a workplace intervention to an inpatient multimodal occupational rehabilitation program: A randomized clinical trial. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2020 Jul 1;46(4):356-363. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3873. Epub 2019 Dec 13.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 31834410 (View on PubMed)

Klevanger NE, Fimland MS, Rise MB. Aligning stakeholders' understandings of the return-to-work process: a qualitative study on workplace meetings in inpatient multimodal occupational rehabilitation. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2021 Dec;16(1):1946927. doi: 10.1080/17482631.2021.1946927.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 34278973 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

2014/2279

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id