Minnesota RETAIN Impact Evaluation

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Any Injury or Illness Acutely Impacting Work
• Interventions: Other: Minnesota RETAIN

• Registration Number: NCT05146349
• Lead Sponsor: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Brief Summary

This study is a randomized control trial (RCT) to evaluate the impact of RETAIN program expansion and services on workforce retention and reduction of future workplace disability in the state of MN. Collaboration between partners to implement best practices in early intervention to support injured or ill employees in stay at work and return to work will be implemented.

Detailed Description

MN RETAIN is a collaborative program led by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), Department of Labor and Industry (DLI), Mayo Clinic, and Workforce Development Inc (WDI) and includes stakeholders throughout MN.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2021-11
• Study First Submitted: 2021-11-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-11-23
• Study First Posted: 2021-12-06
• Study Start: 2021-12-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-07
• Last Update Posted: 2022-01-24
• Primary Completion: 2025-06
• Study Completion: 2026-02-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3200

Inclusion Criteria

• Must have been unable to work for no more than 6 months prior enrollment; 80% of participants must be within 3 months of their last day of work

• 18 years or older

• Minnesota resident

• Works in Minnesota

• Employed or currently in the labor force

• Meets one of the following:

  1. Diagnosis of a work related or personal injury or illness that impacts employment
  2. Invasive procedure (e.g., surgery) within the past 12-weeks or anticipated within the next 8-weeks that impacts employment

Exclusion Criteria

• Legal representation/litigation at the time of enrollment related to their medical condition.
• Does not have the capacity to give appropriate informed consent
• Employed by a RETAIN healthcare recipient or subrecipient with an existing return to work program for employees (i.e. Mayo Clinic employees)
• Worker's compensation recipients that have a qualified rehabilitation consultant (QRC) or a disability case manager (DCM)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
RETAIN Programming	Minnesota RETAIN	The experimental group receives the full set of RETAIN intervention activities.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Share of enrollees employed in the fourth quarter after enrollment	Measured in the fourth quarter after enrollment	Share of enrollees employed in the fourth quarter after enrollment obtained from state unemployment insurance wage records. These files include individual-level wage records for six quarters surrounding enrollment in the study, including the quarter prior to enrollment, the quarter of enrollment, and four post-enrollment quarters.
Enrollee earnings in the fourth quarter after enrollment	Measured in the fourth quarter after enrollment	Sum of enrollee earnings in the fourth quarter after enrollment obtained from state unemployment insurance wage records. These files include individual-level wage records for six quarters surrounding enrollment in the study, including the quarter prior to enrollment, the quarter of enrollment, and four post-enrollment quarters.
Share of enrollees that applied for SSDI or SSI during the 12 months after enrollment	Measured in the 12 months after enrollment	Share of enrollees that applied for SSDI or SSI during any of the 12 months after enrollment obtained from SSA program data. These files include detailed information about Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applications SSDI and SSI awards, SSDI and SSI benefit amounts and enrollee characteristics (for enrollees who have ever applied for SSA program benefits)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mn Retain, Mayo Clinic; 🇺🇸 Rochester, Minnesota, United States