Minnesota RETAIN Impact Evaluation

Mathematica Policy Research

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Any Injury or Illness Acutely Impacting Work

Treatments: Other: Minnesota RETAIN

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05146349

RTN-MN

OD-32543-18-75-4-27 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 3,200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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3,200 participants in 2 patient groups

RETAIN Programming

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group receives the full set of RETAIN intervention activities.

Treatment:

Other: Minnesota RETAIN

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group does not receive the full set of RETAIN intervention activities.