Return to Work Among Patients With Stress Related Mental Disorders - An Intervention in the Swedish Primary Care

NCT ID: NCT03022760

Last Updated: 2020-06-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

132 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-12-31

Study Completion Date

2020-05-31

Brief Summary

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The aim of this project is to develop a model for return to work (RTW) for patients sick listed due to stress related mental disorders, which takes into account each patient's specific situation; includes the workplace, and is well adapted to the Swedish primary care setting.

In late 2016, general practitioners (GPs) and rehabilitation coordinators at both public and private primary care centers will be offered a one-day training about work and workability for patients with stress related mental disorders. Also, the participants will be trained in a specific method that includes the patient's employer early in the rehabilitation process

The project has a quasi-experimental and longitudinal design. The intervention will be conducted on 15 different primary care centers, which will be matched with a comparison group. Return to work for 500 patients will be analyzed using registry data, 6, 12 and 18 months after sick-listing. The hypothesis is that patients who are sick-listed at primary care centers that completely or partially implemented the specific method on average will return earlier to work than patients sick-listed at primary care centers that did not implement the method.

Alongside studying if the intervention has an effect on the patients' RTW over time, the investigators aim to investigate the mechanisms explaining the effects and the individual and organizational level (primary care units) circumstances necessary for these mechanisms to be triggered. To gain deeper knowledge about mechanisms and context, the investigators will conduct interviews with the treatment staff and collect registry data about the primary care units.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Stress, Psychological Burnout, Professional Adjustment Disorders

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Work-related measures

* One-day training for GP:s and rehabilitation coordinators
* A treatment protocol which includes contact with the patient's employer
* Clinical support from the Institute of Stress Medicine

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Work-related measures

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

After mapping the patient's psychosocial work situation using tools provided at the one-day training, the patient's employer will be contacted and involved in the rehabilitation planning.

Treatment as usual

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Work-related measures

After mapping the patient's psychosocial work situation using tools provided at the one-day training, the patient's employer will be contacted and involved in the rehabilitation planning.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Clinical diagnosis of International Classification of Diseases (ICD)10 F43
* Has an employment
* Good command in spoken and written Swedish

Exclusion Criteria

* Participants must not have been on long term sick-leave (\>60 days) during the last three years, regardless of causative diagnosis.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Göteborg University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Vastra Gotaland Region

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Lisa Björk

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

the Institute of Stress Medicine

Locations

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Gothenburg, , Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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Sweden

References

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Beno A, Bertilsson M, Holmgren K, Glise K, Pousette A, Segerfelt K, Bjork L. Does employer involvement in primary health care enhance return to work for patients with stress-related mental disorders? a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Prim Care. 2023 Sep 20;24(1):195. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02151-0.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37730561 (View on PubMed)

Bjork L, Glise K, Pousette A, Bertilsson M, Holmgren K. Involving the employer to enhance return to work among patients with stress-related mental disorders - study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial in Swedish primary health care. BMC Public Health. 2018 Jul 6;18(1):838. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5714-0.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29976181 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ISM 03-2015

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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