Can early stage occupational therapeutic intervention reduce significantly the sick leave periods of selected incapacitated workers in daily practice of the medical officers in Belgium? A randomized controlled trial and cost-benefit analysis in members of Christelijke Mutualiteit (CM).
Recruiting
- Conditions
- sick leave daysincapacity benefitsoccupational therapymedical officermusculoskeletal problemspsychological problemspsychosomatic problems
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 400
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age limits: lower limit is 16 years at the day of statement of their work inability and the upper limit is 60 years of statement of their work inability.
Our study concerns that age cohort of the population with enough career perspective left.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Sick leave by (industrial) accident;
2. Surgery (done or planned);
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. What is the effectiveness of occupational therapeutic interventions among work disabled persons with psychic and/of musculoskeletal troubles on return to work RTW (= number of sick-leave days)?<br /><br>2. What is the effectiveness of occupational therapeutic interventions among work disabled persons with psychic and/or musculoskeletal troubles on sustainable (lasting) work restart within 12 months?
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. What is the effectiveness of occupational therapeutic interventions among work disabled persons with psychic and/or musculoskeletal problems on their general wellbeing, resilience and self-efficacy after 6 and 12 months?<br /><br>2. Can we define differences in outcome between the subgroups : musculoskeletal problems/ psychic problems/ psychosomatic problems ?<br /><br>3. Can we define predictive variables influencing primary outcome?