Feasibility of a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention for Job Retention in Workers With MS-RiaLSM Intervention Project
NCT ID: NCT06805318
Last Updated: 2025-06-17
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
30 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2025-01-15
2025-10-31
Brief Summary
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The overall aim of the project is to define a Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) protocol to reduce work-related challenges and promote job retention for workers with MS within the Italian healthcare and social context. The intervention will be organised into three different areas: rehabilitation, reasonable accommodation and education. Participants will receive any of the three interventions or a combination of these. The study will involve a multidisciplinary team of doctors (e.g. neurologist, physiatrist), psychologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, and labour law experts who will be involved according to the subject's specific needs.
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
The VR intervention will be based on individual needs, covering three areas of intervention: the medical-rehabilitation area, the reasonable accommodation area, and the education area.
During baseline evaluation, a maximum of 5 priority work difficulties will be identified for each subject. At the end of the VR intervention, the following aspects will be evaluated: resolution of work difficulties, satisfaction and effectiveness of the intervention through the Global Perceived Effect.
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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VR intervention
This is a single-arm study. Therefore, the intervention will be conducted on the whole sample. The nature of the rehabilitation program will vary and will cover three different areas: the rehabilitation area, the reasonable accommodation area, and the educational and formative area. Participants can receive any of the three types of intervention, or a combination of these, based on individual needs.
Vocational Rehabilitation intervention for pwMS
The VR intervention will cover three areas of intervention:
* Rehabilitation Area: this intervention has the goal of managing the work performance from a rehabilitative point of view.
* Reasonable accommodation area: this intervention has the goal of assessing the needs of reasonable accommodations, such has workspace modification, change in organization of the activities, management of work time, etc.., and propose it to the employer.
* Educational and Formative Area: this area is responsible for the implementation of educational intervention for the employees and the employers about multiple sclerosis and its impact on work performance, the rights and obligations of the employer and employee about disability management on the workplace.
Interventions
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Vocational Rehabilitation intervention for pwMS
The VR intervention will cover three areas of intervention:
* Rehabilitation Area: this intervention has the goal of managing the work performance from a rehabilitative point of view.
* Reasonable accommodation area: this intervention has the goal of assessing the needs of reasonable accommodations, such has workspace modification, change in organization of the activities, management of work time, etc.., and propose it to the employer.
* Educational and Formative Area: this area is responsible for the implementation of educational intervention for the employees and the employers about multiple sclerosis and its impact on work performance, the rights and obligations of the employer and employee about disability management on the workplace.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Age ≥18 years
* Currently employed at the beginning of the study entry
* Have worked at least one day in the last 12 months
* MSQ-Job \>=15
* Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Italian Multiple Sclerosis Society (AISM)Liguria, Genoa
UNKNOWN
IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome
UNKNOWN
IRCCS San Martino Hospital, Genoa
UNKNOWN
Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL)
UNKNOWN
Department of Health Science (DiSSaL), University of Genoa, Genoa
UNKNOWN
Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Michela Ponzio, PhD
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Giampaolo Brichetto, PhD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla
Locations
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IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Servizio di Riabilitazione AISM Liguria, Italian Multiple Sclerosis Society
Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Vitturi BK, Rahmani A, Dini G, Montecucco A, Debarbieri N, Bandiera P, Ponzio M, Battaglia MA, Brichetto G, Inglese M, Persechino B, Durando P. Work Barriers and Job Adjustments of People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review. J Occup Rehabil. 2023 Sep;33(3):450-462. doi: 10.1007/s10926-022-10084-1. Epub 2022 Nov 18.
Ponzio M, Pignattelli E, Verri A, Grange E, Persechino B, Vitturi BK, Bandiera P, Manacorda T, Inglese M, Durando P, Battaglia MA. Job Retention by People With Disabilities: A Qualitative Study of the Perspectives of People With Multiple Sclerosis. Med Lav. 2024 Jun 21;115(3):e2024018. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v115i3.15947.
Ponzio M, Podda J, Pignattelli E, Verri A, Persechino B, Vitturi BK, Bandiera P, Manacorda T, Inglese M, Durando P, Battaglia MA. Work Difficulties in People with Multiple Sclerosis. J Occup Rehabil. 2024 Sep;34(3):606-617. doi: 10.1007/s10926-023-10149-9. Epub 2023 Nov 3.
Sweetland J, Riazi A, Cano SJ, Playford ED. Vocational rehabilitation services for people with multiple sclerosis: what patients want from clinicians and employers. Mult Scler. 2007 Nov;13(9):1183-9. doi: 10.1177/1352458507078414. Epub 2007 Jul 10.
Escorpizo R, Reneman MF, Ekholm J, Fritz J, Krupa T, Marnetoft SU, Maroun CE, Guzman JR, Suzuki Y, Stucki G, Chan CC. A conceptual definition of vocational rehabilitation based on the ICF: building a shared global model. J Occup Rehabil. 2011 Jun;21(2):126-33. doi: 10.1007/s10926-011-9292-6.
Other Identifiers
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Grant BRic 2022, ID 31
Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT
Identifier Source: secondary_id
CET Liguria:329/2024-DBid13998
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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