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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN02422335
Date of registration: 02/07/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen - NBank (Germany)
Public title: Psychosocial occupational health management with the focus on ?Supported Employment?. Job maintenance through Supported Employment PLUS: A pilot study to support the mental health of employees.
Scientific title: Job maintenance through Supported Employment PLUS
Date of first enrolment: 01/10/2012
Target sample size: 120
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN02422335
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled study (Treatment)  
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Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name: Wulf    Rössler
Address:  University of Lüneburg Innovation Incubator Rotenbleicher Weg 67 21335 Lüneburg Germany
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Employee of a cooperation partner (e.g. business enterprise or service company) of the study
2. Self-reporting of psychological stress or mental disorder
3. Psychic distress or mental disorder
4. Voluntariness
5. Participant have to give informed consent
6. Working age (18-67 years)

Exclusion criteria: 1. Persons who need a psychiatric inpatient treatment at the time of the study
2. Persons with an imminent risk of suicide


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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Mental disorders, vocational rehabilitation
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Intervention(s)
The intervention lasts from three to six months. The participants should attend to eight to twelve coaching sessions. The job coaches support the participants of the intervention group concerning problems on the job and other psychosocial problems. 50% of the participants are randomized to the intervention group and 50% to the control group.

Several instrument based interviews are conducted every 3 months.

A two-factor analysis of variance with the two factors ?group affiliation? (Intervention- and control group) and outcome (reduction days of illness yes/no) will be conducted to control for the study hypotheses.
Primary Outcome(s)
The primary endpoint is the reduction of days incapacity to work by 40% compared with the control group.
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Quality of life
2. Motivation
3. Job satisfaction
4. Psychosocial functioning
5. Job preferences
6. Self-esteem
Secondary ID(s)
N/A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (EU)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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