Anxiety, Depression
Conditions
Keywords
Common mental illness, Supported Employment, Anxiety, Depression, Sickness absence
Brief summary
The aim of the investigation is to evaluate the effectiveness and costeffectiveness of a model of supported employment (the Individual Career Management (ICM) model) designed to help people with common mental illness return to work.
Detailed description
The design of the study is a randomised controlled trial of two groups in a natural setting (intervention group vs control group). The primary outcome is paid employment. Standard care for all participants is a package of psychological therapy (IAPT). The intervention is an additional package of employment support (ICM) delivered alongside standard care. The intervention group and control group will both receive standard care. The intervention group will receive ICM support in addition to standard care and the control group will be given details of other employment programmes in the local area, in line with current IAPT practice. The control period will last six months. There will be no fewer than 184 participants in the study (92 in each arm). The study will take place at the Southwark Psychological Therapies Service at the SLaM NHS Foundation Trust. Patients that meet the inclusion criteria will be invited to attend an interview where written informed consent and baseline measures will be obtained. The participant will then be randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. All participants will be invited to attend a second interview at the end of a six month period where followup measures will be taken. If the intervention is available at this time, control group participants may then be offered the opportunity to receive it. A randomised controlled trial of supported employment for people with common mental health problems has never been carried out in the UK, therefore this study will be the first of its kind. The results will help to determine if ICM is an effective and costeffective service and will provide the foundations for further research in this area.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALIndividual Career Management (ICM)
The intervention will be Individual Career Management (ICM) support for a six month period. ICM consists of individually tailored support to help an individual to obtain and retain in employment. ICM follows the seven principles of supported employment (often referred to an Individual Placement and Support), but includes the additional principles of career counselling, motivational coaching, education and training support, and specialist job retention support. The length and frequency of ICM support sessions is determined by the needs of the client.
BEHAVIORALStandard Care
A package of psychological therapy delivered by an Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) practitioner.
Sponsors
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Must be either unemployed or off sick for at least two weeks if employed at the time of entry to the study * Must be legally allowed to work in the UK * Must be between the age of 18-65 for men, and 18-60 for women (based on UK retirement age) * Must have received an IAPT assessment and been offered psychological therapy * Must not have been receiving therapy for more than one month * Must be interested in obtaining competitive employment * Must have given full written consent to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* People who are employed and attending work or off sick for less than two weeks at the time of entry to the study * People who do not have the legal right to work in the UK * People who have not yet received an IAPT assessment * People who have received an IAPT assessment but not eligible for psychological therapy * People who have been receiving therapy for more than one month * People who are not interested in obtaining competitive employment * People who do not give written consent or who lack mental capacity to give consent at the time of the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Length of Competitive Employment | 6 months | Length of competitive employment during the 6 month study period. The following definition of competitive employment will be used: 1. A job paying at least the national minimum wage. 2. A job located in a mainstream setting not set aside for people with disabilities. 3. A job that is not owned by the ICM service. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Time to Employment | 6 months | Number of days between baseline date and the employment start date. |
| Working Hours | 6 months | Average number of hours worked each week |
| Number of Jobs | 6 months | Number of different jobs held during the 6 month period |
| Job Terminations | 6 months | Number of job terminations over the 6 month period and the reason for each termination |
| Other occupational activity | 6 months | Non-competitive employment (e.g. sheltered work), education, training or volunteering |
| Anxiety | 6 months | Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD 7) score |
| Depression | 6 months | Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) score |
| Social Functioning | 6 months | Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) |
| Health-related quality of Life | 6 months | EQ-5D score |
| Work-related quality of Life | 6 months | WRQoL score |
| Self Esteem | 6 months | Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale |
| Career Search Efficacy | 6 months | Career Search Efficacy Scale (CSES) score |
| Return to Work Efficacy | 6 months | Return to Work Self Efficacy Scale (RTW-SE) score |
| Salary | 6 months | Average weekly salary over the 6 month period |
| Productivity | 6 months | Absenteeism and presenteeism questions from the World Health Organization's Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ) |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed