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NCT Number: NCT03629366

Supported Employment for Refugees

Humanitarian crises related to the Syrian conflict have led to a large increase in refugees in Europe in the recent years. There is need for effective approaches to increase labor market participation among refugees, and to reduce the impact of unfavorable exclusion mechanisms among this group. The Supported Employment for Refugees (the SER-trial) is a randomized controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of Supported Employment (SE) for newly arrived refugees who are involved in the mandatory introduction program provided for all refugees in Norway. SE is an intervention that has proved effective in promoting competitive employment among patients with severe mental illness in over twenty international randomized controlled trials, and is currently being evaluated for various new patient groups in ongoing trials. The SER-trial is however the first trial to evaluate the effect of SE for the target group of refugees (who may or may not have mental illness).

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Key information

Conditions

Refugees Behavior Personal Satisfaction Psychological Well-Being

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre

Bergen, 5020, Norway

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Refugees in the city of Bergen, Norway
  • Expressed desire to work
  • Able to have a simple conversation in Norwegian or English

Exclusion criteria

  • No expressed desire to work
  • Unable to have a simple conversation in Norwegian or English

Treatment and study plan

Supported Employment (SE)

Behavioral

Supported Employment

Treatment as Usual (TAU)

Behavioral

Treatment as usual

Primary outcomes

  1. Competitive employment (register data and log books)

    Time frame: 12 months

    Competitive employment will be assessed using register data from the State Register of Employers and Employees. Analyses will be carried out using both intention-to-treat and per protocol analyses. For per protocol analyses, log books from the service providers in the intervention group will be used.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Acculturation (survey data)

    Time frame: 12 months

    Acculturation will be assessed using the Vancouver Index of Acculturation (VIA)

  2. Psychological distress (survey data)

    Time frame: 12 months

    Psychological distress will be assessed using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25)

  3. Posttraumatic stress (survey data)

    Time frame: 12 months

    Posttraumatic stress will be assessed using the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)

  4. Global well-being (survey data)

    Time frame: 12 months

    Global well-being will be assessed using a 10-point Cantril Ladder Scale

  5. Health-related quality of life (survey data)

    Time frame: 12 months

    Health-related quality of life will be assessed using the Euro-Qol Visual Analog Scale

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

Other

Collaborators

  • Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration

Registry information

Acronym: SER

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Aug 14, 2018
Registry last updated
Sep 16, 2020

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