Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Conditions
Brief summary
People with chronic respiratory disease have shortened work life, their disease is associated with greater work disability and they are at greater risk of being unemployed. Lower employment rates and higher sickness absence is expensive for the community and leads to financial as well as social consequences for the individual. There is a lack of data on factors that can predict sickness absence and disability in patients with pulmonary disease. We therefore want to study a group of people with COPD and asthma referred to our clinic. The study will investigate relationships between sickness absence and exercise capacity, job-related factors, disease severity, self-efficacy, health related quality of life and subjective health complaints.
Interventions
OTHERVocational pulmonary rehabilitation
Multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation with emphasis on vocational issues
Sponsors
LHL Helse
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* chronic pulmonary disease * employed * periods of sickness absence in the year prior to admittance
Exclusion criteria
* lack of ability to complete the rehabilitation program
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of subjects absent from work more than 10 days 4 weeks prior to follow-up | 12 months | The subjects are interviewed after 12 months. Number of days absent from work during 4 weeks prior to the interview are recorded. |
Countries
Norway
Outcome results
None listed