Multicentre research programme to enhance return to work after trauma

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Specialty: Trauma and Emergency Care, Primary sub-specialty: Emergency Medicine; Health Category: Generic health relevance; Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning

• Registration Number: ISRCTN43115471
• Lead Sponsor: ottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Brief Summary

2024 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38956682/ (added 03/07/2024)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-07-27
• Last Update Posted: 15 July 2024
• Study Completion: 2025-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 710

Inclusion Criteria

Current inclusion criteria as of 19/06/2023:

1. Aged 16 – 69 years
2. In work (paid or unpaid) or full time education at the time of injury
3. Admitted to MTC within the last 12 weeks
4. Injury Severity Score (ISS) >8 at admission
5. Have capacity to provide informed consent to participate in the study.
6. Have a fixed address
7. Have sufficient proficiency in English to contribute to the data collection or be willing to use an approved interpreting service for data collection.
8. Resides in MTC catchment area
9. Not returned to work/voluntary work/education for =80% of pre injury hours)
10. No plans to retire within the next 12 months

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Previous inclusion criteria:

1. Aged 16 – 69 years
2. Admitted to a participating MTC within the last 12 weeks with an ISS > 8 at admission
3. In work at time of injury (including self-employed, full-time education and voluntary work)
4. Has not returned to work/voluntary work/education
5. No plans to retire within the next year
6. Not participating in other vocational rehabilitation trials
7. Have sufficient proficiency in English to contribute to the data collection required for research or be willing to use an approved interpreting service for data collection
8. Have capacity to provide informed consent to participate in the study
9. Resides in MTC catchment area

Exclusion Criteria

1. No fixed address at the time of screening
2. Returned to work/voluntary work/education for =80% of pre-injury hours

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Current primary outcome measure as of 19/06/2023: <br><br>To determine whether the ROWTATE intervention plus usual care is more effective than usual care alone at improving participants self-reported work/education outcomes 12 months after randomisation. Self-reported return to work/education of =80% of pre-injury hours at 12 months post randomisation.<br><br><br>_____<br><br>Previous primary outcome measure:<br><br>The number of participants who have returned to employment/full-time education at >=80% of pre-injury working hours, 12 months post randomisation self-reported by the participants via completion of study questionnaires