AbsenteeismNCT02641704
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An observational study of Absenteeism, run by University of Southern Denmark at 1 site in Denmark.
Trial summary
The aim of this project is a research-based evaluation of a multidisciplinary program focusing on moving citizens from unemployment and social security benefits to employment and education in Sonderborg Municipality. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Absenteeism
- What is being tested?
- Multidisciplinary program
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- How many people
- 146 participants
- Where
- 1 siteDenmark
- Study dates
- Feb 2016to Mar 2018
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Unemployed citizens with complex health-related problems assigned to a multidisciplinary program in Sønderborg Municipality
Who may be able to join
- Assigned to a multidisciplinary program in Sonderborg Municipality (the Law on Active Employment §68 https://www.retsinformation.dk/forms/r0710.aspx?id=164698#Kap2 )
Who cannot join
- Not able to communicate in Danish
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: A Descriptive Study of Characteristics and Progression of Citizens Assigned to a Multidisciplinary Program Focusing on Moving Citizens From Unemployment and Social Security Benefits to Employment and Education
The aim of this project is a research-based evaluation of a multidisciplinary program focusing on moving citizens from unemployment and social security benefits to employment and education in Sonderborg Municipality. The citizens who are assigned cannot readily enter the labor market or can get education through employment initiatives in the Job Centre in Sonderborg Municipality because of complex health-related troubles.
The project is designed to include a prospective observational study and a qualitative study using questionnaires, observations, interviews and informations about employment from the Sonderborg Municipality.
- Conditions
- Absenteeism
- Being tested
- Multidisciplinary program
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Multidisciplinary programBehavioural
Coordinated multidisciplinary program
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary program | Multidisciplinary program designed and administered by the Competence- and Integration Center in Sonderborg Municipality Receives: Behavioral: Multidisciplinary program |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Well-being
World Health Organization-5
Measured: 12 months
Secondary outcomes (19)
Well-being
World Health Organization-5
Measured: 24 months
Work ability
10-points Likert scale
Measured: 12 months
Work ability
10-points Likert scale
Measured: 24 months
Pain
Visual analogue scale
Measured: 12 months
Pain
Visual analogue scale
Measured: 24 months
Interpersonal Problems
Inventory of Interpersonal Problems-64
Measured: 12 months
Interpersonal Problems
Inventory of Interpersonal Problems-64
Measured: 24 months
Physical capacity
10-points Likert scale, 5 domains
Measured: 12 months
Physical capacity
10-points Likert scale, 5 domains
Measured: 24 months
Kinesiophobia
Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia
Measured: 12 months
Kinesiophobia
Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia
Measured: 24 months
Self-efficacy
General Self-efficacy Scale
Measured: 12 months
Self-efficacy
General Self-efficacy Scale
Measured: 24 months
Depression and anxiety
Patient Health Questionnaire-4
Measured: 12 months
Depression and anxiety
Patient Health Questionnaire-4
Measured: 24 months
Loneliness
Three-item Loneliness Scale
Measured: 12 months
Loneliness
Three-item Loneliness Scale
Measured: 24 months
Ability to work
Registerbased
Measured: 12 months
Ability to work
Registerbased
Measured: 24 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted29 Dec 2015 (estimated)
- Study startFeb 2016
- Primary completionMar 2018
- Study completionMar 2018
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (3)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for AbsenteeismStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 146 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Sonderborg Municipality
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Lotte Nygaard Andersen, University of Southern Denmark
- Investigators
- Lotte Nygaard Andersen, PhD, Principal investigator, University of Southern Denmark
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02641704
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 14111-SDUpro
- Status last verified
- Oct 2018
- First submitted
- 22 Dec 2015
- Last updated
- 11 Oct 2018
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Publications
Andersen LN, Stochkendahl MJ, Roessler KK. En route to flourishing - a longitudinal mixed methods study of long-term unemployed citizens in an interdisciplinary rehabilitation program. BMC Public Health. 2022 Apr 7;22(1):675. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13060-9.
PubMed 35392873Andersen LN, Stochkendahl MJ, Roessler KK. Parked on the verge: vocational rehabilitation of long-term unemployed citizens - a mixed methods study. Arch Public Health. 2022 Mar 7;80(1):73. doi: 10.1186/s13690-022-00838-x.
PubMed 35255976Andersen LN, Stochkendahl MJ, Roessler KK. A municipality-based vocational rehabilitation programme for occupationally marginalized citizens: a study protocol for a mixed methods study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Jul 3;18(1):517. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3322-4.
PubMed 29970107
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 11 Oct 2018. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Descriptive Study of Characteristics and Progression of Citizens Assigned to a Multidisciplinary Program Focusing on Moving Citizens From Unemployment and Social Security Benefits to Employment and Education
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02641704
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 14111-SDUpro
- Conditions
- Absenteeism
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 146 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of Southern DenmarkUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Sonderborg Municipality
- Study start
- Feb 2016 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Mar 2018 (actual)
- Study completion
- Mar 2018 (actual)
- First posted
- 29 Dec 2015 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The aim of this project is a research-based evaluation of a multidisciplinary program focusing on moving citizens from unemployment and social security benefits to employment and education in Sonderborg Municipality. The citizens who are assigned cannot readily enter the labor market or can get education through employment initiatives in the Job Centre in Sonderborg Municipality because of complex health-related troubles.
The project is designed to include a prospective observational study and a qualitative study using questionnaires, observations, interviews and informations about employment from the Sonderborg Municipality.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary program | – | Behavioral: Multidisciplinary programMultidisciplinary program designed and administered by the Competence- and Integration Center in Sonderborg Municipality |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Unemployed citizens with complex health-related problems assigned to a multidisciplinary program in Sønderborg Municipality
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Assigned to a multidisciplinary program in Sonderborg Municipality (the Law on Active Employment §68 https://www.retsinformation.dk/forms/r0710.aspx?id=164698#Kap2 )
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Not able to communicate in Danish
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary programCoordinated multidisciplinary program | Behavioural | Multidisciplinary program |
Primary outcome
Well-being
Time frame: 12 months
World Health Organization-5
19 secondary outcomes
Well-being
Time frame: 24 months
Work ability
Time frame: 12 months
Work ability
Time frame: 24 months
Pain
Time frame: 12 months
Pain
Time frame: 24 months
Interpersonal Problems
Time frame: 12 months
Interpersonal Problems
Time frame: 24 months
Physical capacity
Time frame: 12 months
Physical capacity
Time frame: 24 months
Kinesiophobia
Time frame: 12 months
Kinesiophobia
Time frame: 24 months
Self-efficacy
Time frame: 12 months
Self-efficacy
Time frame: 24 months
Depression and anxiety
Time frame: 12 months
Depression and anxiety
Time frame: 24 months
Loneliness
Time frame: 12 months
Loneliness
Time frame: 24 months
Ability to work
Time frame: 12 months
Ability to work
Time frame: 24 months
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 11 Oct 2018.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 35392873Andersen LN, Stochkendahl MJ, Roessler KK. En route to flourishing - a longitudinal mixed methods study of long-term unemployed citizens in an interdisciplinary rehabilitation program. BMC Public Health. 2022 Apr 7;22(1):675. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13060-9.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 35255976Andersen LN, Stochkendahl MJ, Roessler KK. Parked on the verge: vocational rehabilitation of long-term unemployed citizens - a mixed methods study. Arch Public Health. 2022 Mar 7;80(1):73. doi: 10.1186/s13690-022-00838-x.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 29970107Andersen LN, Stochkendahl MJ, Roessler KK. A municipality-based vocational rehabilitation programme for occupationally marginalized citizens: a study protocol for a mixed methods study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Jul 3;18(1):517. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3322-4.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Lotte Nygaard Andersen, PhD principal investigator
University of Southern Denmark
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Absenteeism, run by University of Southern Denmark at 1 site in Denmark.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Oct 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Denmark. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Well-being (time frame: 12 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02641704, which also lists 3 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Oct 2018.