Prevalence and Effect of Detecting Common Mental Disorders in Long-term Sickness Absence (PRW)

Region MidtJylland Denmark

Status: Completed

Conditions: Somatoform Disorder; Psychiatric Disorders; Common Mental Disorders; Depression; Anxiety

Treatments: Procedure: psychiatric examination and feedback

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01989728

sickness absence 1

RA (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 1,121 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,121 participants in 2 patient groups

care as usual

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: psychiatric examination and feedback

psychiatric examination and feedback

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: psychiatric examination and feedback