Long Term Social Assistance Recipient in South Eastern Sweden - a Description of Health, Function, and Activity

NCT03752281 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: TU-001-1811
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

There is a group of social assistance recipients which have difficulties in entering the labor market and thus remains in a long-term dependency on social assistance. More knowledge about individuals receiving long-term social assistance is needed in order to improve into work interventions for this group. Therefore, this study aims to describe variables of health, function and activity in participants receiving long-term social assistance.

Conditions

Vocational Rehabilitation

Keywords

Health, activity, function and long-term social assistance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Change in quality of life

  The change in participants self-rated experience of quality of life is going to be described using EuroQol 5 Dimensions which contains a rating of the ability to perform activities, and also a score of the total quality of life experience.

  Change between the beginning and the end of the six months intervention

• Change in self-rated function and ability to be active

  The change in participants self-rated function and ability to be active is going to be described using the World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) which contains five-grade ratings of factors including functioning, activity and participation.

  Change between the beginning and the end of the six months intervention

• Change in objective description of function and ability to be active

  The change in an objective classification of function, activity, participation and environmental factors affecting disability will be described according to the International Classification of Functioning (ICF) in the beginning and at the end of the six month intervention. The ICF contains a number of components, where each component can be scored using a five-grade scale to clarify the magnitude of disability.

  Change between the beginning and the end of the six months intervention

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Qualitative description of experiences about an increase in activity ability

  After the six moths intervention

• Qualitative description of social workers experiences from the work with long-term social assistance recipients

  After the six moths intervention

Study Arms (1)

Health and activity

The cohort consists of long-term social assistance recipients where there is need to investigate the health status and working ability.

Other: Investigation of health and activity

Interventions

Investigation of health and activity OTHER

During a six months multidisciplinary investigation of health status, activity and working ability for individuals receiving long-term social assistance, the health and activity status as well as function will be described using established questionnaires and the International Classification of Functioning

Health and activity

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

Individuals who have been social assistance recipients for at least three years and who not have a plan how to get closer to the labor market. There may be signs of different kinds of ill-health such as physical, pshychological and/or social ill-health. The social worker responsible for decision about the monetary support identifies a need for establishing the working ability of the individual with the aim to agree on a plan towards self-sufficiency.

You may qualify if:

• Long-term social assistance recipient (more than three years)
• Putative ill-health (physical, psychological and/or social)
• No present plan how to reach the labor market
• Need of clarifying the working ability

You may not qualify if:

• Homelessness
• Severe psychiatric illness
• Abuse of alcohol or substances

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Linkoeping University: lead
• Linkoeping Municipality: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University

Linköping, Östergötland County, SE 581 85, Sweden

Location

Related Publications (5)

• van Vilsteren M, van Oostrom SH, de Vet HC, Franche RL, Boot CR, Anema JR. Workplace interventions to prevent work disability in workers on sick leave. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Oct 5;2015(10):CD006955. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006955.pub3.

  PMID: 26436959 BACKGROUND

• Vogel N, Schandelmaier S, Zumbrunn T, Ebrahim S, de Boer WE, Busse JW, Kunz R. Return-to-work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Mar 30;3(3):CD011618. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011618.pub2.

  PMID: 28358173 BACKGROUND

• Arends I, Bruinvels DJ, Rebergen DS, Nieuwenhuijsen K, Madan I, Neumeyer-Gromen A, Bultmann U, Verbeek JH. Interventions to facilitate return to work in adults with adjustment disorders. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Dec 12;12(12):CD006389. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006389.pub2.

  PMID: 23235630 BACKGROUND

• Madden RH, Dune T, Lukersmith S, Hartley S, Kuipers P, Gargett A, Llewellyn G. The relevance of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in monitoring and evaluating Community-based Rehabilitation (CBR). Disabil Rehabil. 2014;36(10):826-37. doi: 10.3109/09638288.2013.821182. Epub 2013 Aug 14.

  PMID: 23944180 BACKGROUND

• Prodinger B, Stucki G, Coenen M, Tennant A. The measurement of functioning using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: comparing qualifier ratings with existing health status instruments. Disabil Rehabil. 2019 Mar;41(5):541-548. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1381186. Epub 2017 Oct 8.

  PMID: 28988490 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• The national board of health and welfare in Sweden
• The social service act

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Linn Karlsson, PhD

  Linkoeping Municipality, Linkoeping University

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Linn Karlsson, PhD

CONTACT

+46 13206675; linn.b.karlsson@linkoping.se

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 19, 2018
• First Posted: November 23, 2018
• Study Start: December 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2021
• Study Completion: January 1, 2021
• Last Updated: November 23, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: The data will become available during analysis and manuscript writing. Probable for about six moths per paper.
• Access Criteria: Co-authors who will be participating in analysis and manuscript preparation.

Locations

SE (1)