Making it Work Program for Systemic Sclerosis

University of New Mexico (UNM)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Scleroderma, Systemic

Treatments: Other: Making it Work Systemic Sclerosis

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06338722

23-397

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this clinical trial is to see if an online intervention program for people with Systemic Sclerosis (scleroderma) helps keep people in the workforce and increase self-confidence in dealing with challenges at work. The program is called Making it Work Systemic Sclerosis.

Researchers will compare a group who gets the program to a group who will get the program at a later point in time (wait list control group) to see if self-confidence in dealing with work challenge gets better.

People in the Making it Work group will complete questionnaires and attend one 2 hour meetings each week for 5 weeks and meet with an occupational therapist and vocational counselor. People in the wait list control group will complete the questionnaires and participate in the program at a later point in time.

Enrollment: 33 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 67 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Currently employed (full-time, part-time)
• Over 18 and less than or equal to 67 years of age
• Reside and work in the United States
• Self-report diagnosis with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma; systemic sclerosis)
• Report concerns about risk for job loss
• Possess sufficient spoken English to participate in a group
• Have device with audio and visual videoconferencing capabilities
• Be willing to participate in a 2.0 hour virtual meeting once a week for 5 weeks
• Be willing to complete assigned pre-meeting worksheets
• Be willing to meet virtually with both an occupational therapist and vocational counselor after the 5th weekly sessin.

Exclusion criteria

• Not working (full-time, part-time, self-employed, contract work)
• Pregnant
• Less than 18 and over 67 years of age
• Do not work in the United States
• Do not report are not concerned about job loss
• Do not have a device with audio and visual videoconferencing capabilities
• Do note communicate sufficiently in English
• Are not able to participate in the program for 5 weeks
• Are not wiling to complete pre-meeting worksheets
• Not willing to meet with both an occupational therapist and vocational counselor.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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33 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Complete questionnaires Attend one 2 hour weekly virtual meeting for 5 weeks and an individual meeting with an occupational therapist and with a vocational counselor

Treatment:

Other: Making it Work Systemic Sclerosis

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Complete questionnaires