The Development Path

A Descriptive Study of Characteristics and Progression of Citizens Assigned to a Multidisciplinary Program Focusing on Moving Citizens From Unemployment and Social Security Benefits to Employment and Education

The aim of this project is a research-based evaluation of a multidisciplinary program focusing on moving citizens from unemployment and social security benefits to employment and education in Sonderborg Municipality. The citizens who are assigned cannot readily enter the labor market or can get education through employment initiatives in the Job Centre in Sonderborg Municipality because of complex health-related troubles.

The project is designed to include a prospective observational study and a qualitative study using questionnaires, observations, interviews and informations about employment from the Sonderborg Municipality.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Absenteeism
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Multidisciplinary program

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 146

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Denmark
  • Sønderborg, Denmark
    • Sønderborg Municipality

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Unemployed citizens with complex health-related problems assigned to a multidisciplinary program in Sønderborg Municipality

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Assigned to a multidisciplinary program in Sonderborg Municipality (the Law on Active Employment §68 https://www.retsinformation.dk/forms/r0710.aspx?id=164698#Kap2 )

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not able to communicate in Danish

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Multidisciplinary program; Multidisciplinary program designed and administered by the Competence- and Integration Center in Sonderborg Municipality	Behavioral: Multidisciplinary program; Coordinated multidisciplinary program

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Well-being	World Health Organization-5	12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Well-being	World Health Organization-5	24 months
Work ability	10-points Likert scale	12 months
Work ability	10-points Likert scale	24 months
Pain	Visual analogue scale	12 months
Pain	Visual analogue scale	24 months
Interpersonal Problems	Inventory of Interpersonal Problems-64	12 months
Interpersonal Problems	Inventory of Interpersonal Problems-64	24 months
Physical capacity	10-points Likert scale, 5 domains	12 months
Physical capacity	10-points Likert scale, 5 domains	24 months
Kinesiophobia	Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia	12 months
Kinesiophobia	Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia	24 months
Self-efficacy	General Self-efficacy Scale	12 months
Self-efficacy	General Self-efficacy Scale	24 months
Depression and anxiety	Patient Health Questionnaire-4	12 months
Depression and anxiety	Patient Health Questionnaire-4	24 months
Loneliness	Three-item Loneliness Scale	12 months
Loneliness	Three-item Loneliness Scale	24 months
Ability to work	Registerbased	12 months
Ability to work	Registerbased	24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Southern Denmark
• Collaborators: Sonderborg Municipality
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Lotte Nygaard Andersen, PhD, University of Southern Denmark

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Andersen LN, Stochkendahl MJ, Roessler KK. En route to flourishing - a longitudinal mixed methods study of long-term unemployed citizens in an interdisciplinary rehabilitation program. BMC Public Health. 2022 Apr 7;22(1):675. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13060-9.
• Andersen LN, Stochkendahl MJ, Roessler KK. Parked on the verge: vocational rehabilitation of long-term unemployed citizens - a mixed methods study. Arch Public Health. 2022 Mar 7;80(1):73. doi: 10.1186/s13690-022-00838-x.
• Andersen LN, Stochkendahl MJ, Roessler KK. A municipality-based vocational rehabilitation programme for occupationally marginalized citizens: a study protocol for a mixed methods study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Jul 3;18(1):517. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3322-4.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 1, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): March 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 22, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 22, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): December 29, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 11, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 10, 2018
• Last Verified: October 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 14111-SDUpro