Clinical trial NCT05146349: Minnesota RETAIN Impact Evaluation
Official title: One-Year Impact Evaluation of Minnesota Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Any Injury or Illness Acutely Impacting Work
Keywords: RETAIN
Minnesota RETAIN
MN RETAIN
illness recovery
injury recovery
out of work help
work placement assistance
job help
work help
help keeping my job
stay at work
return to work
Lead sponsor: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Social Security Administration
name: Department of Labor and Industry
name: Minnesota Department of Health
name: Workforce Development, Inc.
First posted: 2021-12-06
Enrollment: 3200
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

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.

Eligibility criteria: 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)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Share of enrollees employed in the fourth quarter after enrollment
timeFrame: Measured in the fourth quarter after enrollment
measure: Enrollee earnings in the fourth quarter after enrollment
timeFrame: Measured in the fourth quarter after enrollment
measure: Share of enrollees that applied for SSDI or SSI during the 12 months after enrollment
timeFrame: Measured in the 12 months after enrollment
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Rochester
country: United States
facility: Mn Retain, Mayo Clinic
state: Minnesota
Study officials:
affiliation: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
name: Jill Berk, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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