Application of Psychiatric Knowledge in the Rehabilitation Process in Return to Work.

N/ACompletedNCT01989767

Hans Joergen Soegaard317 enrolled

Overview

The hypothesis was that education of rehabilitation officers who were responsible for rehabilitation back to work for sick-listed individuals in screening for mental disorders and psychiatric topics would increase the rate of return to work and reduce the number of sicklisted days

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

317

Conditions

Mental Disorders

Interventions

control Rehabilitation as usualBEHAVIORAL

Rehabilitation as usual

educationBEHAVIORAL

Education as add on to to rehabilitation as usual

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * sick-listed and belonging to the case-load of rehabilitation officers who participated in the intervention Exclusion Criteria: * no

Locations (1)

Psychiatric Research Unit West, Regional Psychiatric Services West

Herning, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

rate of return to work

The rate of return to work was estimated by Poisson regression and Cox regression based on the duration from the date being sicklisted until the date of return to normal work.

Time frame: 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

number of sickness absence days

After eight weeks of continuous sickness absence the number of sickness absence days within ½ year was counted

Time frame: ½ year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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