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The ReTA-model: Rehabilitation Trail for Workers on Long-term Sick Leave in the Healthcare Sector

Validation of the ReTA-model: Rehabilitation Trail for Workers on Long-term Sick Leave in the Healthcare

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05314530
Acronym
ReTA-model
Enrollment
64
Registered
2022-04-06
Start date
2022-03-01
Completion date
2023-09-30
Last updated
2022-04-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Burnout

Keywords

Healthcare, Burnout, Stress, Return to work, Intervention

Brief summary

The ReTA-model is a rehabilitation model for return to work after long-term sickness absence (LTSA) due to stress or burnout. The ReTA-model will be validated in this trial among nurses and physicians currently in LTSA. The ReTA-model includes a three-week treatment with exercise, individual and collegial talks with psychology and lecturing. The control group will receive conventional rehabilitation from regular care.

Detailed description

The ReTA-model is a rehabilitation model for return to work after long-term sickness absence (LTSA) due to stress or burnout. The ReTA-model will be validated in this trial among nurses and physicians currently in LTSA. The ReTA-model includes a three-week treatment with exercise, individual and collegial talks with psychology and lecturing. The control group will receive conventional rehabilitation from regular care.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALReTA-model

Validating the rehabilitation model ReTA

Sponsors

Karolinska Institutet
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* currently on sick leave for burnout * employed in the Swedish healthcare services as a nurse or as a physician

Exclusion criteria

\-

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Return to work12 monthsAt work part or full-time compare to no return to work
Karolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale KEDS12 monthsDecreased points in the KEDS scale 1-19, qith higher scores reflecting greater exhaustion severity.
Symptom Checklist - 612 monthsDecreased points on the SCL-6 scale, with a higher number reflecting depression.
Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale12 monthsDecreased points in the MADRAS scale with score ranging from 0 to 60, with higher scores reflecting greater depression severity.

Countries

Sweden

Contacts

Primary ContactEmma Hagqvist, PhD
emma.hagqvist@ki.se+46730526602
Backup ContactÅke Nygren, MD

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026