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NCT Number: NCT03737019

Effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Primary Health Care

How does education of health personnel with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy affect the extent of medical certificates of sick leave and drug prescriptions in primary health care centers in Kalmar compared with similar centers in Jönköping in which the personnel do not get such therapy?

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Key information

Conditions

Medical Certificates for Sick Leave and Drug Prescriptions

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping, Sverige, Sweden

About this study

Five primary health care centers in the County Council of Jönköping who do not get education according to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) serve as controls. Six primary health care centers in County Council of Kalmar, with the same total number of listed patients (about 45 000 in total per County Council) in their areas undergo group education according to ACT. Data on medical certificates of sick leave and drug prescriptions are taken from registries (this is routine in primary health care in Sweden) at baseline and after 6, 12 and 24 months in both regions. The personnel at both centers also fill out questionnaires about their own quality of life at baseline and after 12 months. The investigators also plan to interview about 20 subjects on these matters.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

over 18 years of age
working at the health care center

Exclusion criteria

age less than 18 years
do not work at the Health care center

Treatment and study plan

Education with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Behavioral

Group education with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy of the personnel at each center.

Control, no intervention

Other

Control, no interventions.

Primary outcomes

Extent of medical certificates of sick leave by the doctors

Time frame: 24 months in total

Data on entire extent of medical certificates, i.e. how many sick days that were certified by all doctors at the primary health care centers, for all patients treated, during the time period.
Prescription of drugs by the doctors

Time frame: 24 months in total

Data on all prescription of all different drugs, during the time period, made by all the doctors at the primary Health care centers that participate, to all patients that were treated.

Secondary outcomes

Assessment of how the education with ACT affect the personnel according to SF36

Time frame: 12 months

Questionnaire SF36 is filled out by the personnel at baseline and after 12 months
Assessment of how the education with ACT affect the personnel according to KEDS

Time frame: 12 months

Questionnaire Karolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale (KEDS) is filled out by the personnel at baseline and after 12 months
Assessment of how the education with ACT affect the personnel according to WAI

Time frame: 12 months

Questionnaire Work ability Index (WAI) is filled out by the personnel at baseline and after 12 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Linkoeping

Other

Collaborators

County Councils of Region Östergötland, Kalmar and Jönköping

Registry information

Official study title

How Does Education of Health Personnel With Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Affect the Extent of Medical Certificates of Sick Leave and Drug Prescriptions?

Acronym: ACTPrimary

Important dates

Study start: 2018
Primary completion: 2020
Study completion: 2021
First posted: Nov 9, 2018
Registry last updated: Oct 4, 2021

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