Effect Evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS)

NCT01964092 | Completed Results DMC

• 1 other identifier: IPS-NAV
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 410
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Roughly one third of disability pensions issued in Norway are classified as mental and behavioral disorders. The proposed study aims to evaluate the effect of an innovative intervention for returning people with moderate to severe mental health disorders to work: Individual Placement and Support (IPS).

Conditions

Psychosis; Substance Abuse; Depression; Anxiety

Keywords

Disability; Individual placement and support; Mental health; Quality of life; Randomized controlled trial; Rehabilitation; Return to work; Supported employment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Labor Market Participation in Ordinary Paid Employment, or Education.

  Labor market participation is operationalized as being registered in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administrations (NAV) State Register of Employers and Employees, and not as a recipient of unemployment or sickness benefits, not receiving work assessment allowance or disability pension with a higher degree of disability than by study inclusion, and registered yearly income.

  1 year (2016)

Study Arms (2)

Individual Placement and Support

EXPERIMENTAL

Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is a well-defined intervention aiming to help people with disabilities participate in the competitive labor market by working in jobs they prefer with the professional help that they need. IPS actively facilitates job acquisition and provides ongoing support once the client is employed.

Behavioral: Individual Placement and Support

Ordinary employment schemes

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The control group will receive treatment as usual in terms of the ordinary employment schemes offered to this group, primarily Work with assistance and/or Traineeship in a sheltered business.

Behavioral: Ordinary employment schemes

Interventions

Individual Placement and Support BEHAVIORAL

Individual Placement and Support

Ordinary employment schemes BEHAVIORAL

Ordinary employment schemes

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 67 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Participants must be undergoing treatment for moderate to severe mental health problems.
• Participants must have an expressed desire to work.
• Participants must have sufficient Norwegian reading and writing skills.

You may not qualify if:

• Participants are not undergoing treatment for moderate to severe mental health problems.
• Participants do not have an expressed desire to work.
• Participants do not have sufficient Norwegian reading and writing skills.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS: lead
• Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Uni Research

Bergen, 5014, Norway

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Sveinsdottir V, Lovvik C, Fyhn T, Monstad K, Ludvigsen K, Overland S, Reme SE. Protocol for the effect evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS): a randomized controlled multicenter trial of IPS versus treatment as usual for patients with moderate to severe mental illness in Norway. BMC Psychiatry. 2014 Nov 18;14:307. doi: 10.1186/s12888-014-0307-7.

  PMID: 25403470 BACKGROUND

• Fyhn T, Ludvigsen K, Reme SE, Schaafsma F. A structured mixed method process evaluation of a randomized controlled trial of Individual Placement and Support (IPS). Implement Sci Commun. 2020 Oct 30;1:95. doi: 10.1186/s43058-020-00083-9. eCollection 2020.

  PMID: 33145494 DERIVED

• Reme SE, Monstad K, Fyhn T, Sveinsdottir V, Lovvik C, Lie SA, Overland S. A randomized controlled multicenter trial of individual placement and support for patients with moderate-to-severe mental illness. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2019 Jan 1;45(1):33-41. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3753. Epub 2018 Aug 2.

  PMID: 30074050 DERIVED

Related Links

• Study website

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychotic Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Depression; Anxiety Disorders; Psychological Well-Being

Interventions

Palliative Care

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders; Mental Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Personal Satisfaction

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Patient Care; Therapeutics; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Silje Endresen Reme
• Organization: University of Oslo

s.e.reme@psykologi.uio.no

22845236

Study Officials

• Silje E Reme, PhD

  NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 17, 2013
• First Posted: October 17, 2013
• Study Start: May 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2016
• Study Completion: December 1, 2018
• Last Updated: May 14, 2020
• Results First Posted: May 14, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-05

Locations

NO (1)