Absent-mindedness, Long Term Sick Leave
Conditions
Brief summary
GESAM is a randomized controlled intervention study that addressed women and men on long-term sick leave in Uppsala County. Participants which are on sick leave due to mental illness and/or pain and were expected to reach the time limit within the in health insurance will be offered to participate in an intervention. Those how give informed consent will be randomly assigned one of the following groups: 1) informing and motivating intervention with insurance officer 2) control group. The main purpose of the study is to facilitate the return to work (preventing a return to the public health insurance) during the project period.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMotivational interviewing
Motivational interviewing with insurance officer
Sponsors
Uppsala University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 64 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* On sick leave * Risk of losing sick leave compensation
Exclusion criteria
* Major mental illness (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder type I, severe social dysfunction/personality disorder) * Cancer disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Return to work (RTW) | One year | Return to work measured as time to participation in the labor force |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed