Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr F W Noordik
ORCID ID
Contact details
Academic Medical Centre
University of Amsterdam
Coronel Institute of Occupational Health
Amsterdam
1100 DE
Netherlands
+31 (0)20 566 4878
f.w.noordik@amc.nl
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Work up study
Study hypothesis
Occupational rehabilitation with a gradual return to work based on the principles of exposure in vivo will be more (cost)-effective in reducing absenteeism than usual occupational rehabilitation.
Ethics approval
Ethics approval received from the local medical ethics committee
Study design
Randomised, active controlled, parallel group, multicentre trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Condition
Return to work of workers with common mental health complaints
Intervention
Level of occupational physician:
1. Two days of training followed by three intervision meetings
Level of worker:
1. Information folder with rationale
2. Homework assignments
3. Meeting with supervisor
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Time to full return to work
2. Time to relapse
3. Pecentage of contract hours worked
4. Work functioning
Secondary outcome measures
1. Psychological complaints
2. Work ability
3. Self efficacy in returning to work
4. Coping with work situations
5. Avoidance of work situations
6. Work adjustments
7. Satisfaction of worker with occupational physician
Overall trial start date
01/01/2007
Overall trial end date
01/01/2009
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Workers who:
1. Are two to six weeks absent from work
2. Have either:
a. a stress-related disorder (defined as having at least one psychological complaint with significant suffering or problems with functioning)
b. an anxiety disorder
c. a depressive disorder
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
200
Participant exclusion criteria
Workers with:
1. Severe mental illnesses (psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder)
2. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
3. Addiction problems
4. A primary somatic disorder
Recruitment start date
01/01/2007
Recruitment end date
01/01/2009
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Trial participating centre
Academic Medical Centre
Amsterdam
1100 DE
Netherlands
Sponsor information
Organisation
Academic Medical Centre (AMC) (The Netherlands)
Sponsor details
Coronel Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health
P.O. Box 22660
Amsterdam
1100 DD
Netherlands
Sponsor type
Hospital/treatment centre
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
Funder name
Knowledge centre on reintegration for professionals (Stichting Expertise Centrum Reintegratie [STECR]) (The Netherlands) - Aladdin Program
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2013 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22951572
Publication citations
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Results
Noordik E, van der Klink JJ, Geskus RB, de Boer MR, van Dijk FJ, Nieuwenhuijsen K, Effectiveness of an exposure-based return-to-work program for workers on sick leave due to common mental disorders: a cluster-randomized controlled trial., Scand J Work Environ Health, 2013, 39, 2, 144-154, doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3320.