Prevalence and Effect of Detecting Common Mental Disorders in Long-term Sickness Absence

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Psychiatric Disorders; Common Mental Disorders; Somatoform Disorder; Anxiety; Depression
• Interventions: Procedure: psychiatric examination and feedback

• Registration Number: NCT01989728
• Lead Sponsor: Region MidtJylland Denmark

Brief Summary

The hypothesis was that a large fraction of individuals with common mental disorders were undetected in long-term sickness and that detection of the disorders by screening, a psychiatric diagnostic examination and feedback to the individuals, primary care, and rehabilitation officers improved return to work, improved quality of life and reduced psychological distress.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-11
• Primary Completion: 2005-10
• Study Completion: 2010-12
• Status Verified: 2013-11
• Study First Submitted: 2013-11-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-11-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-11-14
• Study First Posted: 2013-11-21
• Last Update Posted: 2013-11-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 1121

Inclusion Criteria

• First sick-listing between August 30, 2004 and August 29, 2005 in six municipalities (118,000 inhabitants)

Exclusion Criteria

• Unable to understand Danish and absence due to pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
care as usual	psychiatric examination and feedback	-
psychiatric examination and feedback	psychiatric examination and feedback	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
duration until return to work	1-2 years	Included individuals were followed until payment of sickness absence compensation was ended

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Psychological distress by subscales of Hopkins Symptom Checklist Revised (SCL-90-R)	1 year	At baseline when entering long-term sickness absence (eight weeks of continuous sickness absence) the psychological distress was measured

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Psychiatric Research Unit west, regional Psychiatric Services West; 🇩🇰 Herning, Denmark