Anxiety, Common Mental Disorders, Depression, Psychiatric Disorders, Somatoform Disorder
Conditions
Keywords
sickness absence, return to work, psychiatric examination, feedback, psychological distress, quality of life, attrition analysis, multiple imputation
Brief summary
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.
Interventions
PROCEDUREpsychiatric examination and feedback
Sponsors
Region MidtJylland Denmark
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| duration until return to work | 1-2 years | Included individuals were followed until payment of sickness absence compensation was ended |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Psychological distress by subscales of Hopkins Symptom Checklist Revised (SCL-90-R) | 1 year | At baseline when entering long-term sickness absence (eight weeks of continuous sickness absence) the psychological distress was measured |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of life by means of Social Functioning) SF-36 | 1 year | At baseline when entering long-term sickness absence (eight weeks of continuous sickness absence) the quality of life was measured |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed