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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN77240155
Date of registration: 14/02/2006
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Coronel Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health (Netherlands)
Public title: Chronic disease and job retention: the development and evaluation of a training programme for chronically ill employees
Scientific title: Added 01/09/09: A randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of a group training programme aimed at increasing self-efficacy and job retention in chronically ill employees.
Date of first enrolment: 01/04/2006
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN77240155
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised single blind active controlled parallel group trial (Other)  
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Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
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Name: I.    Varekamp
Address:  Coronel Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health at the Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam P.O. Box 22660 1100 DD Amsterdam Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)20 5665319
Email: i.varekamp@amc.uva.nl
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Chronic somatic disease
2. Paid employment
3. Experiencing problems at work
4. Motivation for active involvement
5. Knowledge of Dutch language

Exclusion criteria: 1. Psychiatric illness
2. Unexplained symptoms


Age minimum:
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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Chronic somatic illness
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Somatization disorder
Intervention(s)
Employees in the intervention group will participate in a group training programme which will involve six sessions. The training programme will be executed by an trained therapist assisted by experts.
Employees in the control group will receive care as usual.
Primary Outcome(s)
Job retention and sick leave days.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Self-efficacy, work adjustments, quality of work including work stress and fatigue.
Secondary ID(s)
NTR540
Source(s) of Monetary Support
GAK Foundation, Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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