Effectiveness of a Minimal Intervention Strategy for patients with common mental disorders on sick leave: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial in General Practice

Completed

• Conditions: Common mental disorders and sick leave; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Mental disorder

• Registration Number: ISRCTN43779641
• Lead Sponsor: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) (Netherlands)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-04-19
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 415

Inclusion Criteria

Patients (20-60 years old) who visited their GP, having distress complaints, paid work and sick leave no longer than three months

Exclusion Criteria

Severe psychiatric disorders (mania or psychosis), patients who were terminally ill or who couldn't speak Dutch properly.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Duration of occupational disability

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Social functioning/quality of life, application for disability benefit after one year of sick leave (WAO), unemployment, psychological symptoms, and utilization of medical services. The outcomes will be assessed after 2, 6 and 12 months of follow-up.