Supported Employment and Preventing Early Disability (SEED)

September 15, 2020 updated by: NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

Supported Employment and Preventing Early Disability (SEED)

The share of young workers falling into early work disability is an increasingly important problem in Norway. Early withdrawal or exclusion from the labor market leads to large individual and societal costs. The SEED-trial is a randomized controlled trial aiming to provide evidence-based knowledge about different approaches to prevent permanent disability and increase labor market participation in this important and vulnerable group. The trial includes young adults aged 18-30 years who are at risk of early work disability, and the participants will be randomly assigned to 1 of 2 interventions, both aimed at facilitating participation in working life:

  1. Traditional Vocational Rehabilitation (TVR), offering training and preparation for the labor market in a sheltered environment
  2. Supported Employment (SE), focusing on competitive employment in real-life settings without long-lasting preceding training

Both interventions are currently provided by The Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration (NAV). Supported Employment was introduced recently and is currently being implemented, while traditional vocational rehabilitation with sheltered employment has been around for years. However, no Norwegian controlled studies have been conducted on these practices in this population. The current study will therefore provide new knowledge of the effect of traditional as well as new and promising interventions to increase labor market participation and prevent early disability.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

A detailed study protocol was published in BMC Public Health in 2016, and is openly available in fulltext at: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-016-3280-x

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

96

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, 5008
        • NORCE Norwegian Research Centre

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 29 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion criteria:

  • Not in employment or education
  • Receiving temporary benefits
  • Intended for the VR service "traineeships in sheltered businesses"

Exclusion criteria:

  • Not expressing interest in getting help to obtain competitive work
  • Insufficient language skills to answer questionnaires in Norwegian

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 Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Supported Employment
Supported Employment (SE), focusing on competitive employment in real-life settings without long-lasting preceding training.
Behavioral: Supported Employment
Supported Employment (SE), focusing on competitive employment in real-life settings without long-lasting preceding training.
Experimental: Traditional Vocational Rehabilitation
Traditional Vocational Rehabilitation (TVR), offering training and preparation for the labor market in a sheltered environment.
Behavioral: Traditional Vocational Rehabilitation
Traditional Vocational Rehabilitation (TVR), offering training and preparation for the labor market in a sheltered environment

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Any competitive employment (yes/no)
Time Frame: 12 months
Several sources of information for competitive employment will be used: Survey data for hours worked and success in employment, and register data for receipt of social security benefits, income, financial assistance, and educational activity.
12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Physical and mental health
Time Frame: 12 months
Survey data (anxiety, depression, disability, fatigue, subjective health complaints, quality of life)
12 months
Coping
Time Frame: 12 months
Survey data
12 months
Illness perceptions
Time Frame: 12 months
Survey data
12 months
Alcohol and drug abuse
Time Frame: 12 months
Survey data
12 months
Cost effectiveness
Time Frame: 12 months
Cost/benefit analysis
12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

Collaborators

The Research Council of Norway

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Silje Endresen Reme, PhD, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Helpful Links

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

May 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 3, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 27, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

March 2, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 17, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 15, 2020

Last Verified

September 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 227002/H20

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