Interventions to Facilitate Working While Depressed and Anxious

NCT03748394 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: VGFOUREG-588531
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study compares the effects of two add-on interventions in primary care rehabilitation, on work ability and psychological health, in workers with common mental disorders. One intervention consists of a person-centered plan using work-directed treatment modules of occupational therapy and physical therapy, during 8 weeks. The other intervention consists of supported physical activity during 8 weeks. The primary outcome is work ability, measured by the work ability index and days on sick leave.

Conditions

Work Capacity

Keywords

Work capacity evaluation; Common mental disorders; Occupational therapy; Physical Therapy Modalities

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Work ability

  Work Ability Index

  change in score from baseline to 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Depression severity

  change in score from baseline to 8 weeks

• Anxiety symptoms

  change in score from baseline to 8 weeks

• Mental wellbeing

  change in score from baseline to 8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Work-directed rehabilitation

EXPERIMENTAL

Work-directed, person-centered plan using modules of occupational therapy and physical therapy

Behavioral: Work-directed rehabilitation

Physical activity

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Physical activity according to national health recommendations

Behavioral: Physical activity

Interventions

Work-directed rehabilitation BEHAVIORAL

Each participant starts with a meeting together with an occupational therapist or a physical therapist, focusing on the participant's resources and obstacles for functioning well at work. A plan is designed and carried out over 8 weeks, including 1-4 different treatment modules of occupational and physical therapy, to support the person's ability to function at work

Work-directed rehabilitation

Physical activity BEHAVIORAL

In a meeting with a physical therapist, each participant receives advice on physical activity to support mental health, according to national recommendations. The participant is offered to train at a local gym during 8 weeks.

Physical activity

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Unipolar depression or anxiety disorder according to the Mini Neuropsychiatric Interview (DSM-5 criteria).
• Currently working to some extent, part time sick leave is accepted.

You may not qualify if:

• Substance abuse according to the Mini interview
• High suicide risk according to the Mini interview
• Psychotic symptoms according to the Mini interview

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Göteborg University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Närhälsan Gibraltar Rehabmottagning

Gothenburg, Sweden

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Exercise

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Gunnel Hensing, Professor

  Göteborg University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Louise Danielsson, PhD

CONTACT

+46702319907; louise.danielsson@gu.se

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 28, 2016
• First Posted: November 20, 2018
• Study Start: February 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2018
• Study Completion: December 1, 2018
• Last Updated: November 20, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SE (1)