Efficacy of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Model

Wright State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Substance Use Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Individual Placement and Support Model

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01048346

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Hypothesis 1. Consumers with disabilities and co-occurring SUD receiving IPS will be more likely to be competitively employed (defined as 1 or more days of work over the past 30 days) at 3, 6 and 12 months following the initiation of vocational treatment goals when compared to a group receiving standard services.

Hypothesis 2. Consumers with disabilities and co-occurring SUD receiving IPS when compared to the comparison group will 1.) be more successful in achieving their employment goals as indicated by the ratio of hours worked to desired hours worked; 2.) become competitively employed sooner; 3.) earn higher wages, 4.) have greater job satisfaction, 5.) have greater economic satisfaction; 6.) have greater life satisfaction, 7.) have greater self-esteem, and 8.) have fewer days of using substances during follow-up points.

Full description

Hypothesis 1. Consumers with disabilities and co-occurring SUD receiving IPS will be more likely to be competitively employed (defined as 1 or more days of work over the past 30 days) at 3, 6 and 12 months following the initiation of vocational treatment goals when compared to a group receiving standard services.

Hypothesis 2. Consumers with disabilities and co-occurring SUD receiving IPS when compared to the comparison group will 1.) be more successful in achieving their employment goals as indicated by the ratio of hours worked to desired hours worked; 2.) become competitively employed sooner; 3.) earn higher wages, 4.) have greater job satisfaction, 5.) have greater economic satisfaction; 6.) have greater life satisfaction, 7.) have greater self-esteem, and 8.) have fewer days of using substances during follow-up points.

Enrollment: 223 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Inclusion criteria includes consumers who are between the ages of 18-65, able to provide informed consent for participation, and are initiating an employment goal in their treatment plan.

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion criteria includes anyone who is currently employed and has been for the past 30 days, have an open case with the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission, or have an open case with another vocational rehabilitation provider.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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223 participants in 1 patient group

supported employment

Experimental group

Description:

Study consists of one experimental group and one control group. The intervention group received IPS

Treatment:

Behavioral: Individual Placement and Support Model