Sickness Absence Versus Physical, Mental, and Job-related Factors in Patients With Chronic Pulmonary Disease

NCT01118104 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: GK57
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 318
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

People with chronic respiratory disease have shortened work life, their disease is associated with greater work disability and they are at greater risk of being unemployed. Lower employment rates and higher sickness absence is expensive for the community and leads to financial as well as social consequences for the individual. There is a lack of data on factors that can predict sickness absence and disability in patients with pulmonary disease. We therefore want to study a group of people with COPD and asthma referred to our clinic. The study will investigate relationships between sickness absence and exercise capacity, job-related factors, disease severity, self-efficacy, health related quality of life and subjective health complaints.

Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Asthma

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of subjects absent from work more than 10 days 4 weeks prior to follow-up

  The subjects are interviewed after 12 months. Number of days absent from work during 4 weeks prior to the interview are recorded.

  12 months

Study Arms (1)

Pulmonary vocational rehabilitation

OTHER

Other: Vocational pulmonary rehabilitation

Interventions

Vocational pulmonary rehabilitation OTHER

Multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation with emphasis on vocational issues

Pulmonary vocational rehabilitation

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• chronic pulmonary disease
• employed
• periods of sickness absence in the year prior to admittance

You may not qualify if:

• lack of ability to complete the rehabilitation program

Sponsors & Collaborators

• LHL Helse: lead

Study Sites (1)

Glittreklinikken

Hakadal, Akershus, 1485, Norway

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; Asthma

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Chronic Disease; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Bronchial Diseases; Respiratory Hypersensitivity; Hypersensitivity, Immediate; Hypersensitivity; Immune System Diseases

Study Officials

• Morten S Ryg, PhD

  LHL Helse

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 27, 2010
• First Posted: May 6, 2010
• Study Start: January 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2011
• Study Completion: December 1, 2011
• Last Updated: May 15, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-05

Locations

NO (1)