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National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) |
| Information provided by: | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00000407 |
Purpose
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.
| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Arthritis Musculoskeletal Diseases Rheumatic Diseases |
Behavioral: Vocational counseling intervention Behavioral: Reading materials for control participants |
Phase II |
| MedlinePlus related topics: | Rehabilitation |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
| Official Title: | Improving Vocational Outcomes in Arthritis |
| Estimated Enrollment: | 325 |
| Study Start Date: | January 1997 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2001 |
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.
Eligibility
| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 55 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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Exclusion Criteria:
Contacts and Locations| United States, Alabama | |||||
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | |||||
| Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294 | |||||
| Principal Investigator: | Richard S. Maisiak, PhD, MSPH | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
More Information
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M White, R Maisiak, P Fine and K Straaton. Factors associated with low vocational capability in persons with musculoskeletal work disability. Abstract in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 42(9):S222, 1999.
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R Maisiak, P Fine, M White and K Straaton. Barriers to participation in state-federal vocational rehabilitation servies for persons with musculoskeletal disability Abstract in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 42(9):S222, 1999.
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White M, Maisiak R, Overman L, Paolone F, and Fine P. Increased enrollment of persons unemployed due to musculoskeletal disability to vocational rehabilitation services. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 43(9):S285, 2000.
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Maisiak R, White W, Overman L, Paolone F, and P Fine. Health status (SF-36) barriers to return to work for persons with musculoskeletal disability. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 43(9):S285,2000.
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Maisiak R, White W, Overman L, Paolone F, and P Fine. Improved return to work for arthritis patients in a supplementary state-federal vocational rehabilitation program. Arthritis and Rheumatism,44(9):S211,2001.
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White M, Maisiak R, Overman L, Paolone F, and Fine P. Development of a work motivation scale for predicting return to work of arthritis patients. Arthritis and Rheumatism,44(9):S165,2001.
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| Study ID Numbers: | P60 AR20614, NIAMS-024, Sub: EEHSR3 |
| First Received: | November 3, 1999 |
| Last Updated: | December 28, 2006 |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00000407 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
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