Effect Evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS)

May 4, 2020 updated by: NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
Roughly one third of disability pensions issued in Norway are classified as mental and behavioral disorders. The proposed study aims to evaluate the effect of an innovative intervention for returning people with moderate to severe mental health disorders to work: Individual Placement and Support (IPS).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The current employment schemes offered to this diagnostic group are primarily based on a train-and-place principle with assisted or sheltered employment. Building on a place-and-train principle, rather, the IPS model of supported employment in real-life competitive work settings has proven largely successful in previous studies, but has never been tested in this group in the Norwegian context.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

410

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Norway
      • Bergen, Norway, 5014
        • Uni Research

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 67 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants must be undergoing treatment for moderate to severe mental health problems.
  • Participants must have an expressed desire to work.
  • Participants must have sufficient Norwegian reading and writing skills.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participants are not undergoing treatment for moderate to severe mental health problems.
  • Participants do not have an expressed desire to work.
  • Participants do not have sufficient Norwegian reading and writing skills.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Individual Placement and Support
Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is a well-defined intervention aiming to help people with disabilities participate in the competitive labor market by working in jobs they prefer with the professional help that they need. IPS actively facilitates job acquisition and provides ongoing support once the client is employed.
Behavioral: Individual Placement and Support
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Ordinary employment schemes
The control group will receive treatment as usual in terms of the ordinary employment schemes offered to this group, primarily Work with assistance and/or Traineeship in a sheltered business.
Behavioral: Ordinary employment schemes

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Labor Market Participation in Ordinary Paid Employment, or Education.
Time Frame: 1 year (2016)
Labor market participation is operationalized as being registered in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administrations (NAV) State Register of Employers and Employees, and not as a recipient of unemployment or sickness benefits, not receiving work assessment allowance or disability pension with a higher degree of disability than by study inclusion, and registered yearly income.
1 year (2016)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

Collaborators

Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration

Investigators

  • Study Director: Silje E Reme, PhD, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2013

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

December 1, 2016

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

December 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 17, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 16, 2013

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

October 17, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

May 14, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 4, 2020

Last Verified

May 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IPS-NAV

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