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Multidisciplinary Return-to-work Rehabilitation and Return-to Work Follow-up

NCT01568970 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 214

Last updated 2018-12-05

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Summary

The large number of people on long-term sick leave is a major public health concern in Norway. The main causes of disability are musculoskeletal and mental disorders. Long-term sick leave causes a decline in individual life-quality, is associated with increased risk for mental disorders and represents a very large cost for the Norwegian society.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the patients included return to work after rehabilitation at Hysnes Rehabilitation Centre. This includes an investigation of what is considered to be the effect of Return-to-work rehabilitation measured before, during and after the stay at the rehabilitation centre:

The study specifically looks at the effect of structured and standardized return-to-work follow up of the patient, including contact with stakeholders (general practitioner, social security office and workplace).

In addition there is a need to describe the patients participating in the program. The aetiology of complex symptom disorders is poorly understood and the role of genetics and stress is not translatable to a complex symptom population. This complicates the transition from current biological research to a clinical use regarding these patients. If the investigators can assist in understanding how these patients, who are multiusers of health care and have received sickness benefit for a long time, develop their disorders and symptoms, it will be of great importance to the Norwegian community. Therefore the study consists of multimodal measurements of the patients before, during and after a rehabilitation programme at Hysnes Rehabilitation Centre. These measures include genotype, saliva cortisol, medical-, psychological-, physiological diagnostics and work related factors.

Related aims:

Investigate if multidisciplinary treatment based on acceptance and commitment therapy, contributes to normalisation of cortisol release with regards to a standardized stress test.

See wether individual differences regarding the stress profile can predict return to work in patients with complex symptom disorders.

Investigate genetic risk factors in relation to Return to Work rehabilitation and identify treatment moderators in a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program.

Conditions

  • Complex Symptom Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Return-to-work Rehabilitation + Follow up

3 1/2 weeks of Return-to-work rehabilitation followed by 6 months of Return-to-work follow-up

BEHAVIORAL

Return-to-work rehabilitation

3 1/2 weeks of Return-to-work rehabilitation followed by standard follow-up

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Petter Borchgrevink · Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
59 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-06-30
Completion
2018-09-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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