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Supported Employment and Preventing Early Disability

NCT02375074 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 96

Last updated 2020-09-17

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Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Unemployment

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Supported Employment

Supported Employment (SE), focusing on competitive employment in real-life settings without long-lasting preceding training.

BEHAVIORAL

Traditional Vocational Rehabilitation

Traditional Vocational Rehabilitation (TVR), offering training and preparation for the labor market in a sheltered environment

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Research Council of Norway

    collaborator OTHER

  • NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Silje Endresen Reme, PhD · NORCE Norwegian Research Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-05-31
Primary Completion
2018-07-31
Completion
2018-07-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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