Return to Work After a Workplace-oriented Intervention for Patients on Sick Leave Due to Burnout

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The study aims to evaluate the effect on return to work of a workplace intervention with patients being treated for burnout. The intervention intends to reduce job-person mismatch through patient-supervisor communication.The hypothesis is that the intervention group will show a more favourable outcome than a control group with respect to return to work.

Detailed Description
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Participants are consecutively recruited in co-operation with regional social insurance offices (RSIOs) in the two southern counties of Sweden. Persons accepting participation are clinically examined and interviewed of the course of events leading up to the burnout and the patient's expectations of changes necessary to facilitate return to work are recorded. The patient´s supervisor is then interviewed at the workplace, responding to the same questions on perceived main causes of the subordinate's sick leave and changes necessary to facilitate return to work. Finally, the core intervention takes place, namely a dialogue being initiated between the patient and the supervisor to find solutions to facilitate return to work. Out of those who do not want to participate, without giving any specific reason for that, a control group is matched by length and degree of sick leave at the time of the intervention.

Official Title
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Reduction of Person-job Mismatch to Increase Work Capacity, by Education of, and Dialogue Between Involved Parties - Evaluation of an Intervention Program

Conditions
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Professional Burnout

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Workplace dialogue
* Other: Care as usual


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: employment sick leave at lest half time 2-6 months due to work related burnout previously healthy Exclusion Criteria: other somatic or psychiatric disease explaining the symptoms
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Workplace dialogue<br>Clinical examination and dialogue with supervisor to find solutions to reduce job-person mismatch and facilitate return to work | Behavioral: Workplace dialogue<br> <br> |
| Sham Comparator: Care as usual<br>No intervention besides of the care as usual being available for the patient | Other: Care as usual<br> <br> |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Return to work from sick leave |  | Up to 1,5 years post intervention completion | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Self-rated health measures (only in the intervention group) |  | Up to 1,5 years post intervention completion | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Burnout, Sick leave, Intervention study, Prospective study, Work