Informal Caregivers at Work - Phase 2

NCT06441461 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: TeamWorkingLifeDenmark
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 4,386,647
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Mental health problems are rising among children and adolescents. This may not only impact the child's level of daily functioning but also close family members. Informal caregiving is defined as unpaid care for a sick, disabled, or other closely related person. Providing long-term informal care has been associated with detrimental stress-related outcomes, and being simultaneously active in the labor market has been highlighted as an increased burden for the caregiver. Workplaces are poorly suited for dealing with private stressors despite their potential negative consequences for the caregiver's job status and health. There is a need for improving understanding of how long-term informal caregiving impacts job and health outcomes, as well as for measures minimizing potential negative consequences among at-risk occupational groups.

Conditions

Work-Related Stress

Keywords

Mental health issue; Work-related illness; Loss of career progression

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Personal gross income (Level of analysis: primary informal caregiver)

  Personal gross income is analyzed as series of annual statuses.

  Up to 10 years of follow-up.

• Employment (Level of analysis: primary informal caregiver).

  Employment is analyzed as series of annual statuses (i.e., number of weeks employed within each year during follow-up).

  Up to 10 years of follow-up.

• Long-term sickness absence (Level of analysis: primary informal caregiver).

  Long-term sickness absence is analyzed as time-to-event from baseline on the week scale.

  Up to 10 years of follow-up.

• Mental health (Level of analysis: primary informal caregiver).

  Mental health is analyzed as time-to-event from baseline on the week scale whichever comes first: redeemed psychotropic drug prescriptions, treatment for substance abuse or psychiatric hospital services.

  Up to 10 years of follow-up.

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Moderation of potential associations by psychosocial work environment (Level of analysis: primary informal caregiver)

  JEMs were composed of national survey data collected in 2000 and 2005.

• Moderation of potential associations by occupational group (Level of analysis: primary informal caregiver).

  Annual data in the period between 2000 and 2018.

Study Arms (1)

Danish citizens

All citizens aged 0-25 years and all adults aged 18-67 years residing in Denmark in the period from 2000 to 2008.

Other: Primary informal caregiver at work.

Interventions

Primary informal caregiver at work. OTHER

Employees becoming a primary informal caregiver for a child or an adolescent with mental health problems in the period from 2000 to 2018.

Danish citizens

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 0 Years - 67 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

This is a nationalwide register-based study of occupational and mental health outcomes of all adult caregivers to children with and without mental health problems.

You may qualify if:

• Children/adolescents: Citizens aged 0-25 years in the period between 2000 and 2018. Mental disorder is indicated by redeeming of psychotropic medication, treatment for substance abuse, and psychiatric services. Children of reference adult caregivers is defined by having no personal history of a mental disorder. We exclude children born outside of Denmark.
• Adults: Citizens aged 18-67 years residing in Denmark, partaking in the work force in the period between 2000-2008, and living with a child in the household at any time until the child's 18th year or being a parent to a child at its birth.

You may not qualify if:

• We exclude all citizens born in the Faroe Islands and in Greenland. We exclude all citizens residing in the Faroe Islands and in Greenland in the period between 2000 and 2018.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Team Working Life Denmark: lead
• Bispebjerg Hospital: collaborator
• Herlev and Gentofte Hospital: collaborator
• HMW Health and Communication: collaborator
• National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Team Working Life Denmark

Valby, 2500, Denmark

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Occupational Stress

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Occupational Diseases; Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Johan H Jensen, PhD

  Team Working Life Denmark

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Johan H Jensen, PhD

  Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital - Bispebjerg & Frederiksberg

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 21, 2024
• First Posted: June 4, 2024
• Study Start: January 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2024
• Study Completion: December 31, 2025
• Last Updated: June 4, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DK (1)