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NCT Number: NCT01039168

Return to Work After a Workplace-oriented Intervention for Patients on Sick Leave Due to Burnout

The study aims to evaluate the effect on return to work of a workplace intervention with patients being treated for burnout. The intervention intends to reduce job-person mismatch through patient-supervisor communication.The hypothesis is that the intervention group will show a more favourable outcome than a control group with respect to return to work.

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Key information

Conditions

Professional Burnout Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Burnout, Professional Burnout, Psychological Occupational Diseases Occupational Stress Stress, Psychological

Age range

Up to 63 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University Hospital

Lund, 22185, Sweden

About this study

Participants are consecutively recruited in co-operation with regional social insurance offices (RSIOs) in the two southern counties of Sweden. Persons accepting participation are clinically examined and interviewed of the course of events leading up to the burnout and the patient's expectations of changes necessary to facilitate return to work are recorded. The patient´s supervisor is then interviewed at the workplace, responding to the same questions on perceived main causes of the subordinate's sick leave and changes necessary to facilitate return to work. Finally, the core intervention takes place, namely a dialogue being initiated between the patient and the supervisor to find solutions to facilitate return to work. Out of those who do not want to participate, without giving any specific reason for that, a control group is matched by length and degree of sick leave at the time of the intervention.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • employment
  • sick leave at lest half time 2-6 months due to work related burnout
  • previously healthy

Exclusion criteria

  • other somatic or psychiatric disease explaining the symptoms

Treatment and study plan

Workplace dialogue

Behavioral

Care as usual

Other

Primary outcomes

  1. Return to work from sick leave

    Time frame: Up to 1,5 years post intervention completion

Secondary outcomes

  1. Self-rated health measures (only in the intervention group)

    Time frame: Up to 1,5 years post intervention completion

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Region Skane

Other

Collaborators

  • County Councils of Southern Sweden
  • Lund University
  • Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research

Registry information

Official study title

Reduction of Person-job Mismatch to Increase Work Capacity, by Education of, and Dialogue Between Involved Parties - Evaluation of an Intervention Program

Acronym: ADA model

Important dates

Study start
2003
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Dec 24, 2009
Registry last updated
Mar 15, 2024

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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