Early Intervention to Promote Return to Work for People With Spinal Cord Injury
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interventional
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Brief Summary
For many people with spinal cord injury, seeking employment after injury is an important goal. There are services available to help people with disabilities. However, the best ways to coordinate and deliver these services are not yet known. This project will compare two ways of coordinating and delivering services that are designed to help people with spinal cord injury obtain employment.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Sep 2022
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 19, 2022
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 18, 2022
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
September 30, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
February 28, 2026
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 31, 2026
ExpectedAugust 18, 2022
August 1, 2022
3.4 years
January 19, 2022
August 17, 2022
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Employment Status (Percent Employed)
Proportion of participants in each group in competitive employment.
12-months post-enrollment
Secondary Outcomes (10)
Employment Efficiency (Median Time to Employment)
12-months post-enrollment
Income
12-months post-enrollment
Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)
Assessed at 1 month (baseline), 6, and 12 months post-enrollment.
International SCI Quality of Life Basic Data Set
Assessed at 1 month (baseline), 6, and 12 months post-enrollment.
Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (CHART)
Assessed at 1 month (baseline), 6, and 12 months post-enrollment.
- +5 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (2)
State Counselor-Coordinated Services
OTHERIn this program, services are coordinated by a counselor employed by the New Jersey State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (NJDVRS), a state-based agency that assists people with disabilities who are interested in pursuing employment. While the participant is in inpatient rehabilitation or soon after their discharge, a member of the research team will assist them in completing the necessary documentation to apply for services from this agency. Services for which they are eligible will be provided directly through NJDVRS.
Center Facilitator-Coordinated Services
OTHERIn this program, services are coordinated by a facilitator who is employed by Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation and works cooperatively with NJDVRS. The facilitator will begin working with the participant during inpatient rehabilitation, or soon after discharge, depending on when they enroll in the study. Some services for which they are eligible will be provided through NJDVRS and others will be provided to them by the facilitator.
Interventions
A counselor affiliated with the New Jersey State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services coordinates services that consider the participant's condition, needs and goals. Services participants may receive include: * Education on programs designed to help people with spinal cord injury or brain injury pursue employment. * Advice and guidance from professional counselors who have special training in helping people with disabilities pursue employment. * Help completing applications for services. * Assistance communicating with my employer about my needs and ways to accommodate them. * Referrals to and services from other health care or technology providers.
A facilitator affiliated with Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation coordinates services that consider the participant's condition, needs and goals. Services participants may receive include: * Education on programs designed to help people with spinal cord injury or brain injury pursue employment. * Advice and guidance from professional counselors who have special training in helping people with disabilities pursue employment. * Help completing applications for services. * Assistance communicating with my employer about my needs and ways to accommodate them. * Referrals to and services from other health care or technology providers.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- adults age 18 to 62
- a neurological impairment secondary to an SCI that occurred less than 12 months prior to enrollment
- receiving inpatient rehabilitation at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation (KIR)
- community living in the state of NJ after discharge from KIR
- have a goal to pursue competitive integrated employment or education/retraining leading to competitive integrated employment
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Trevor Dyson-Hudson, M.D.
Kessler Foundation
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
John O'Neill, Ph.D.
Kessler Foundation
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 19, 2022
First Posted
August 18, 2022
Study Start
September 30, 2022
Primary Completion
February 28, 2026
Study Completion (Estimated)
August 31, 2026
Last Updated
August 18, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-08
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, ICF, ANALYTIC CODE
- Time Frame
- Data will be made available within 6-12 months of the completion of the study and will remain available indefinitely.
- Access Criteria
- Requests for data access will be coordinated through the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) according to their established procedures.
All individual participant data (IPD), except if/when limited by data use agreements established with the New Jersey Department of Labor, will be shared via the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), the preferred data repository for the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. Data shared via ICPSR will include data from measures collected at baseline and follow-ups for purposes of sample characterization and/or outcomes assessment. All data will be de-identified and labeled with subject identification numbers established for the study rather than names or initials.