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

November 20, 2013 updated by: Hans Joergen Soegaard
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 Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

317

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

  • Denmark
      • Herning, Denmark, 7400
        • Psychiatric Research Unit West, Regional Psychiatric Services West

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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • sick-listed and belonging to the case-load of rehabilitation officers who participated in the intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

  • no

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: Prevention
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: control
Rehabilitation as usual
Behavioral: control Rehabilitation as usual
Rehabilitation as usual
Experimental: education
education of rehabilitation officers in psychiatric topics plus rehabilitation as usual
Behavioral: education
Education as add on to to rehabilitation as usual

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
rate of return to work
Time Frame: 1 year
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.
1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
number of sickness absence days
Time Frame: ½ year
After eight weeks of continuous sickness absence the number of sickness absence days within ½ year was counted
½ year

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Hans Joergen Soegaard

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 10, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 20, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

November 21, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 21, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 20, 2013

Last Verified

November 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • sickness absence 2

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