Important Factors in Integration of Vocational Rehabilitation in Mental Health (IVRMH)

The purpose of this study is to explore, through a qualitative approach, how a group of people with serious mental illness experienced the integration of a vocational rehabilitation intervention during their admittance in hospital.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Psychiatric Patients Experiences of Vocational Rehabilitation During Admittance in Hospital

Detailed Description

People with serious mental illness admitted to hospital face significant barriers to gain both education and employment. Norway is a high-income welfare society with low unemployment rates, but the employment rates are very high in the population with psychosis and schizophrenia. Norway have a strategy for work and mental health, and through this strategy, the government has supported some pilot projects which focus on new ways of supporting people with serious mental illness in gaining employment. This study focuses on a representative sample participating in a pilot study. The sample consists of admitted patients who have received vocational rehabilitation under admittance. The study design is qualitative in nature with open- ended questions to allow the sample to express their opinions, attitudes and thoughts about the assistance they have had during their rehabilitation stay in hospital.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 10

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Norway
  • Nordland County
    • Bodø, Nordland County, Norway, 8092
      • Nordland Hospital Trust

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years to 50 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Admitted or discharged hospital patient, who also receives vocational rehabilitation

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Formerly and present admitted patients in the Rehabilitation ward who participated in a project with vocational rehabilitation.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mental retardation

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
vocational rehabilitation; Admitted and discharged psychiatric patients receiving vocational rehabilitation

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Increase the understanding of the issues faced by people with serious mental illness who want to gain or maintain employment through vocational rehabilitation	In order to explore the issues faced by people with serious mental illness in regard to maintain employment through vocational recovery, it was decided to use a qualitative approach. This approach was selected because it will give an understanding to a range of opinions and attitudes, and the reasons behind these attitudes through the use of open-ended questions. The primary outcome measure will be the range of opinions and attitudes that the representative sample provides.	From February 2011 - April 2011

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Identify the obstacles that people with serious mental illness face within the service delivery system on their pathway to gain employment	This study focus on a group of people with serious mental illness that have received a vocational rehabilitation intervention already while admitted to hospital. There is little research that focus on the integration of vocational rehabilitation given by vocational therapist during a hospital stay. With open-ended questions we will try to find out what this group of people think about the cooperation between different agencies on their pathway to recovery.	February 2011 - April 2011

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital of North Norway
• Investigators: Study Director: Knut Sørgård, Dr.philos, University of Northern Norway

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: February 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 21, 2011
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 9, 2011
• First Posted (Estimate): February 10, 2011

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): July 2, 2013
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 1, 2013
• Last Verified: July 1, 2013

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Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: refKSH2910