Clinical trial NCT01989728: Prevalence and Effect of Detecting Common Mental Disorders in Long-term Sickness Absence
Official title: Prevalence and Effect of Detecting Common Mental Disorders in Long-term Sickness Absence
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Psychiatric Disorders
Common Mental Disorders
Depression
Anxiety
Somatoform Disorder
Keywords: sickness absence, return to work, psychiatric examination, feedback, psychological distress, quality of life, attrition analysis, multiple imputation
Lead sponsor: Region MidtJylland Denmark
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2013-11-21
Enrollment: 1121
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

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.


Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: duration until return to work
timeFrame: 1-2 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Psychological distress by subscales of Hopkins Symptom Checklist Revised (SCL-90-R)
timeFrame: 1 year
Other outcomes:
measure: Quality of life by means of Social Functioning) SF-36
timeFrame: 1 year
Locations:
city: Herning
country: Denmark
facility: Psychiatric Research Unit west, regional Psychiatric Services West
Study officials:
References:
citation: Sogaard HJ, Bech P. Psychiatric disorders in long-term sickness absence -- a population-based cross-sectional study. Scand J Public Health. 2009 Sep;37(7):682-9. doi: 10.1177/1403494809344357. Epub 2009 Aug 21.
citation: Sogaard HJ, Bech P. Psychometric analysis of common mental disorders -- Screening Questionnaire (CMD-SQ) in long-term sickness absence. Scand J Public Health. 2009 Nov;37(8):855-63. doi: 10.1177/1403494809344653. Epub 2009 Aug 28.
citation: Sogaard HJ. Choosing screening instrument and cut-point on screening instruments. A comparison of methods. Scand J Public Health. 2009 Nov;37(8):872-80. doi: 10.1177/1403494809344442. Epub 2009 Aug 28.
citation: Sogaard HJ, Bech P. The effect on length of sickness absence by recognition of undetected psychiatric disorder in long-term sickness absence. A randomized controlled trial. Scand J Public Health. 2009 Nov;37(8):864-71. doi: 10.1177/1403494809347551. Epub 2009 Sep 7.
citation: Sogaard HJ, Bech P. Predictive validity of common mental disorders screening questionnaire as a screening instrument in long term sickness absence. Scand J Public Health. 2010 Jun;38(4):375-85. doi: 10.1177/1403494809350520. Epub 2009 Oct 22.
citation: Sogaard HJ, Bech P. Compensating for non-response in a study estimating the incidence of mental disorders in long-term sickness absence by a two-phased design. Scand J Public Health. 2010 Aug;38(6):625-32. doi: 10.1177/1403494810373673. Epub 2010 Jun 7.
citation: Sogaard HJ, Bech P. The effect of detecting undetected common mental disorders on psychological distress and quality of life in long-term sickness absence: a randomised controlled trial. Scand J Public Health. 2010 Dec;38(8):845-56. doi: 10.1177/1403494810379292. Epub 2010 Jul 22.