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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN44929984
Date of registration: 19/11/2009
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Manchester (UK)
Public title: Telephone-administered cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for working adults
Scientific title: Improving health and productivity: an exploratory randomised controlled trial (RCT) of delivery in an occupational setting
Date of first enrolment: 01/02/2008
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN44929984
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Pilot single centre randomised controlled trial (Quality of life)  
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
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Affiliation: 
Name: Penny    Bee
Address:  School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work Jean Macfarlane Building Oxford Road M13 9PL Manchester United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)161 306 7652
Email: penny.bee@manchester.ac.uk
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Working adults aged 18 years and greater, either sex
2. Employed by a large UK communications company
3. Registered as absent from work due to mild/moderate mental health difficulties
4. Currently on sick leave of between 8 and 90 days as authorised by GP certificate

Exclusion criteria: 1. Severe or complex mental health problems (i.e. psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD], co-morbid personality disorder)
2. Degenerative cognitive disorders
3. Substance misuse
4. Active suicidal ideation or self-harm


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Mild/moderate mental health difficulties
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Intervention(s)
1. Usual care with 6-month follow-up
2. Usual care plus 12 sessions of telephone T-CBT delivered by graduate mental health workers, with 6-month follow-up
Primary Outcome(s)
Mental health symptom severity quantified by the 34-item Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) at baseline, 3 months and 6 months follow-up.
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Presence of anxiety and depressive-related symptoms quantified by the 14-item Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
2. Self-rated functioning quantified by the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS)
3. Self-rated work productivity measured by the World Health Organization (WHO) Health and Work Performance Questionnaire

Measured at baseline, 3 months and 6 months follow-up.
Secondary ID(s)
N/A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
University of Manchester (UK) - School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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