Effects of a multidisciplinary stress treatment programme

ISRCTN	ISRCTN04354658
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN04354658
Protocol serial number	2002-1-46
Sponsor	Hillerød Hospital (Denmark)
Funder	Treatment funded by the employer or insurrance company of each participant

Submission date: 09/02/2010
Registration date: 19/02/2010
Last edited: 09/08/2013

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Bo Netterstrøm
Scientific

Hillerød Hospital
Helsevej 2
Hillerød
3400
Denmark

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Non-randomised follow-up study of two treatment groups
Secondary study design	Non randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
Scientific title	Effects of a multidisciplinary stress treatment programme: a non-randomised controlled study from a stress clinic
Study objectives	Stress treatment programme accelerate return to work
Ethics approval(s)	Assessed by the regional Committee System on Biomedical Research Ethics in 2002. Judged as a quality development project and therefore not requiring committee approval based on the "Guidelines about Notification of a Biomedical Research Project" (ref: 2002-1-46).
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Adjustment disorders
Intervention	The stress treatment programme consisted of the following: 1. Identification of relevant stressors 2. Changing the coping strategies of the participants 3. Decreasing the workload and tasks 4. Relaxation techniques 5. Physical exercise 6. Psychiatric evaluation if there were a high score on the depression test On average each patient attended six one-hour sessions during four months. A group of 34 employees referred to the Clinic of Occupational Medicine by their GPs served as a control group. They had a one-hour consultation at baseline and after four months. All sessions were carried out by a specialist in occupational medicine.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Return to work rate Absenteeism was registered at baseline, 4 months after and after one and two years simply by postal questionnaire. Non-responders were followed up by telephone.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Symptom score SF-36 and Major Depression Inventory (MDI) questionnaires regarding stress symptoms were filled out at baseline, after four months and after one and two years.
Completion date	01/10/2004

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	100
Key inclusion criteria	1. Stress symptoms for more than a few weeks 2. Adults, male or female
Key exclusion criteria	Major somatic or psychiatric disease
Date of first enrolment	01/10/2002
Date of final enrolment	01/10/2004

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Denmark

Study participating centre

Hillerød Hospital

Hillerød
3400
Denmark

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/11/2010		Yes	No
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes