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Work Interventions to Improve Employment Outcomes for Persons With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis

NCT00485914 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 89

Last updated 2016-10-04

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Summary

To determine if worksite based functional evaluation/intervention provided by occupational therapists improves employment outcomes for persons with arthritis.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

On-site work evaluation

Researchers will measure the effects of worksite assessment through an on-site work evaluation by an occupational therapist on a person's job satisfaction, capacity to perform work duties, income, health status, and psychological well-being. The scope of the information will be through one-to-one contact and an individualized work plan. The strategies will include recommendations for work behaviors, ergonomic and body mechanics considerations, and modifications for job tasks, equipment, and space.

BEHAVIORAL

Educational material

Researchers will measure the effects of worksite assessment through educational materials on a person's job satisfaction, capacity to perform work duties, income, health status, and psychological well-being. The scope of the information will be through educational materials to develop strategies to compensate. The strategies will include recommendations for work behaviors, ergonomic and body mechanics considerations, and modifications for job tasks, equipment, and space.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • U.S. Department of Education

    collaborator FED

  • University of Missouri-Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • George Johnstone, PhD · University of Missouri-Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-10-31
Primary Completion
2009-09-30
Completion
2009-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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