The ReTA-model: Rehabilitation Trail for Workers on Long-term Sick Leave in the Healthcare Sector

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Burnout
• Interventions: Behavioral: ReTA-model

• Registration Number: NCT05314530
• Lead Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet

Brief Summary

The ReTA-model is a rehabilitation model for return to work after long-term sickness absence (LTSA) due to stress or burnout. The ReTA-model will be validated in this trial among nurses and physicians currently in LTSA. The ReTA-model includes a three-week treatment with exercise, individual and collegial talks with psychology and lecturing. The control group will receive conventional rehabilitation from regular care.

Detailed Description

The ReTA-model is a rehabilitation model for return to work after long-term sickness absence (LTSA) due to stress or burnout. The ReTA-model will be validated in this trial among nurses and physicians currently in LTSA. The ReTA-model includes a three-week treatment with exercise, individual and collegial talks with psychology and lecturing. The control group will receive conventional rehabilitation from regular care.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-03
• Study Start: 2022-03-01
• Study First Submitted: 2022-03-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-03-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-03-30
• Study First Posted: 2022-04-06
• Last Update Posted: 2022-04-06
• Primary Completion: 2023-04
• Study Completion: 2023-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

• currently on sick leave for burnout
• employed in the Swedish healthcare services as a nurse or as a physician

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Controll	ReTA-model	Will receive conventional rehabilitation
Intervention group	ReTA-model	Will receive a rehabilitation intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Symptom Checklist - 6	12 months	Decreased points on the SCL-6 scale, with a higher number reflecting depression.
Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale	12 months	Decreased points in the MADRAS scale with score ranging from 0 to 60, with higher scores reflecting greater depression severity.
Return to work	12 months	At work part or full-time compare to no return to work
Karolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale KEDS	12 months	Decreased points in the KEDS scale 1-19, qith higher scores reflecting greater exhaustion severity.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Karolinska Institutet; 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Outside U.S. And Canada, Sweden