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| First Received Date ICMJE | November 3, 1999 | ||||
| Last Updated Date | December 28, 2006 | ||||
| Start Date ICMJE | January 1997 | ||||
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| Change History | Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00000407 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site | ||||
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| Brief Title ICMJE | Improving Vocational Outcomes in Arthritis | ||||
| Official Title ICMJE | Improving Vocational Outcomes in Arthritis | ||||
| Brief Summary | The long-term objectives of this research project are to enhance program participation and improve the employment prospects of people with work disability due to arthritis and related musculoskeletal disorders (ARMD) who are actively seeking vocational (job-related) rehabilitation (VR) services. This study is designed to compare the employment situations of a group of people receiving a two-part intervention and a group that is not receiving the intervention. The intervention consists of training sessions to help prospective VR clients with ARMD successfully enter and complete the VR program, and training sessions for a randomly selected group of VR professionals to help them serve VR clients with ARMD more effectively. |
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| Detailed Description | The long-term objectives of this research project are to enhance program participation and improve the vocational outcomes of people with work disability due to arthritis and related musculoskeletal disorders (ARMD) who are actively seeking vocational rehabilitation services. Some researchers think that people with work disability due to ARMD seeking vocational rehabilitation (VR) services who are exposed to an "agency access intervention" are more likely to gain entrance to the VR system and be determined eligible for services than are similar people not exposed to the intervention. Further, they think that people with work disability due to ARMD who are determined to be eligible for VR services, and who are exposed to an "agency enhancement intervention" while receiving services, are more likely to become and remain employed upon completion of the VR program than are similar people not exposed to the intervention. The research design is a randomized, controlled, field experiment comparing the vocational outcomes of a group receiving a two-part intervention to those not receiving the intervention. The design allows us to evaluate separately each component of the intervention. The intervention consists of training sessions to help prospective VR clients with ARMD successfully enter and complete the VR program, and training sessions for a randomly selected group of VR professionals to help them serve VR clients with ARMD more effectively. If this intervention strategy can significantly increase (1) VR utilization rates; (2) post-service employment rates; and (3) length of post-service employment in a previously underserved group with historically poor VR outcomes, it could have a significant role in reducing the immense impact, nationally, of work disability due to ARMD. |
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| Study Phase | Phase II | ||||
| Study Type ICMJE | Interventional | ||||
| Study Design ICMJE | Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study | ||||
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* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline. |
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| Recruitment Status ICMJE | Completed | ||||
| Enrollment ICMJE | 325 | ||||
| Completion Date | December 2001 | ||||
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| Eligibility Criteria ICMJE | Inclusion Criteria:
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| Gender | Both | ||||
| Ages | 18 Years to 55 Years | ||||
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers | No | ||||
| Contacts ICMJE | Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects | ||||
| Location Countries ICMJE | United States | ||||
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| NCT ID ICMJE | NCT00000407 | ||||
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| Study ID Numbers ICMJE | P60 AR20614, NIAMS-024, Sub: EEHSR3 | ||||
| Study Sponsor ICMJE | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) | ||||
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| Information Provided By | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) | ||||
| Verification Date | July 2000 | ||||
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