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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) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00000416 |
People with rheumatic disorders (arthritis) often have trouble keeping their jobs. This study will look at whether vocational rehabilitation (VR) will improve the ability of employed people with arthritis to keep their jobs. Job retention VR services target key factors that increase the risk of job loss. They aim to modify jobs to reduce barriers caused by functional limitations and disease symptoms, future career planning, and establish a partnership with a VR counselor for ongoing help.
We will conduct the study among patients with rheumatic disorders recruited in eastern Massachusetts. We will give 120 study participants job retention services provided by VR counselors. We will give another 120 participants literature about employment- related resources. We will compare the outcomes of the two groups to evaluate the usefulness of job retention services in preventing job loss in people with rheumatic disorders.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Osteoarthritis, Knee Ankylosing Spondylitis |
Procedure: Job retention vocational rehabilitation services |
Phase II |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Prevention of Arthritis-Related Work Disability: A Trial of Job Retention Services Provided to Employed Persons With Arthritis |
Estimated Enrollment: | 240 |
Study Start Date: | September 1997 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | August 2001 |
Job loss commonly occurs among people with rheumatic disorders. This study will determine whether vocational rehabilitation (VR) provided to employed people with rheumatic disorders will improve their ability to remain employed. VR is applied primarily to people who have already lost their jobs. However, using job retention VR services may prevent, or delay, the onset of employment work loss among people with rheumatic disorders. Job retention VR services target important employment-loss risk factors. They do so by modifying jobs to reduce barriers posed by functional limitations and symptoms, promoting future career planning, and establishing an alliance with a VR counselor for ongoing assistance.
The study is a randomized, controlled trial conducted among patients with rheumatic disorders recruited from the practices of rheumatologists in eastern Massachusetts.
We will randomly assign 120 study participants to receive job-retention services provided by VR counselors and 120 participants (controls) to receive literature about employment-related resources. We will assess intermediate outcome variables (self-efficacy, work limitations, and job accommodation-seeking behaviors) and the endpoint outcome variable, work instability (a measure that includes employment loss), immediately prior to the interventions and at 6-month intervals over a 24-month period after the interventions are carried out. We will compare the outcomes of the two groups to evaluate the usefulness of job retention services in forestalling work instability in this population.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
United States, Massachusetts | |
Boston University School of Medicine | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118 |
Principal Investigator: | Saralynn J. Allaire, Sc.D. | Boston University |
Study ID Numbers: | P60 AR20613, NIAMS-012, EEHRS Project 3 |
Study First Received: | November 3, 1999 |
Last Updated: | December 28, 2006 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00000416 |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
Arthritis Rheumatic disorders Work-related disability Vocational rehabilitation (VR) |
Job retention services Work limitations Work instability |
Spinal Diseases Autoimmune Diseases Osteoarthritis Spondylarthropathy Joint Diseases Arthritis, Rheumatoid Rheumatic Diseases Urinary Retention Bone Diseases Osteoarthritis, Knee |
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic Musculoskeletal Diseases Arthritis Connective Tissue Diseases Spondylitis, Ankylosing Spondylarthritis Spondylitis Ankylosis Spondylarthropathies |
Immune System Diseases Infection Bone Diseases, Infectious |