The Impact of Motivation in Return to Work After Work Disability

NCT05412537 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: S62188
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 272
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The current research on the impact of motivation in return to work after work disability has 2 major parts: (1) a questionnaire study for which SMEC gave approval, this part is completed, (2) a RCT. The RCT will compare two groups: (a) a consult as usual (a regular consult with the medical advisor) and (b) an intervention based on motivational interviewing performed by a medical advisor.

Conditions

Motivation; Quality of Life; Communication; Health Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Return to work rates

  How many people have (partially) returned to work

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Quality of life SF36v2

  3 months

• Workability index

  3 months

• motivation for work

  3 months

• basic psychological needs

  1 week and 3 months

• subjective experiences of the consult

  1 week and 3 months

Study Arms (2)

CAU

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

A sickness funds provides a physician or paramedic's consultation with people on work disability 3 to 6 months after the onset of the sickness period. The goal of this conversation is (1) to gather information on the reason of work disability, (2) gather information of the treatment plan and (3) to encourage people to RTW. CAU stands for consult as usual

Other: CAU

Motivational Interviewing

EXPERIMENTAL

Motivational Interviewing involves a conversation about behavioral change in terms of recovery or RTW. The role of the MI practitioner is to evoke change talk. By change talk, the patient expresses a desire, a reason, an ability or a need for change. It is of importance that patients themselves generate the motivation for change, and it is the practitioner's task to assist them in making informed and contemplated choices to act. The core idea is that people have to become motivated themselves to change such that the new behavior is something that they want instead of something that someone else wants. There are 4 processes: engaging, focusing, evoking and planning. Training in MI for health care professionals typically is provided in 1- to 3-day workshops. This is consistent with the 2-day training in the current research. MI was planned 3 to 6 months after the onset of work disability.

Other: MI

Interventions

MI OTHER

How to motivate people

Motivational Interviewing

CAU OTHER

consult as usual

CAU

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• speak and understand Dutch
• work disabled for longer than a month

You may not qualify if:

• work disabled for shorter dan 1 month or longer than 1 year
• not having the mental capabilities to understand the questionnaire

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven: lead
• University Ghent: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

KULeuven

Leuven, 3000, Belgium

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Rymenans I, Vanovenberghe C, Du Bois M, Van den Broeck A, Lauwerier E. Process Evaluation of a Motivational Interviewing Intervention in a Social Security Setting: A Qualitative Study among Work-Disabled Patients. J Occup Rehabil. 2024 Mar;34(1):141-156. doi: 10.1007/s10926-023-10108-4. Epub 2023 Apr 2.

  PMID: 37009926 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Communication; Health Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Marc Du Bois, Prof. dr.

  KU Leuven Environment and Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: The RCT will compare two groups: (a) a consult as usual (a regular consult with the medical advisor) and (b) an intervention based on motivational interviewing performed by a medical advisor.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 9, 2020
• First Posted: June 9, 2022
• Study Start: April 23, 2019
• Primary Completion: December 27, 2025
• Study Completion: December 27, 2025
• Last Updated: July 3, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

BE (1)