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Protocol for the effect evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS): a randomized controlled multicenter trial of IPS versus treatment as usual for patients with moderate to severe mental illness in Norway

BACKGROUND: Roughly one third of disability pensions in Norway are issued for mental and behavioral disorders, and vocational rehabilitation offered to this group has traditionally been dominated by train-and-place approaches with assisted or sheltered employment. Based on a more innovative place-an...

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Autores principales: Sveinsdottir, Vigdis, Løvvik, Camilla, Fyhn, Tonje, Monstad, Karin, Ludvigsen, Kari, Øverland, Simon, Reme, Silje Endresen
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4244061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25403470
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0307-7
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author Sveinsdottir, Vigdis
Løvvik, Camilla
Fyhn, Tonje
Monstad, Karin
Ludvigsen, Kari
Øverland, Simon
Reme, Silje Endresen
author_facet Sveinsdottir, Vigdis
Løvvik, Camilla
Fyhn, Tonje
Monstad, Karin
Ludvigsen, Kari
Øverland, Simon
Reme, Silje Endresen
author_sort Sveinsdottir, Vigdis
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description BACKGROUND: Roughly one third of disability pensions in Norway are issued for mental and behavioral disorders, and vocational rehabilitation offered to this group has traditionally been dominated by train-and-place approaches with assisted or sheltered employment. Based on a more innovative place-and-train approach, Individual Placement and Support (IPS) involves supported employment in real-life competitive work settings, and has shown great promise for patients with severe mental illness. METHODS/DESIGN: The study is a multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) of IPS in a Norwegian context, involving an effect evaluation, a process evaluation, and a cost/benefit analysis. IPS will be compared to high quality treatment as usual (TAU), with labor market participation and educational activity at 12 months post inclusion as the primary outcome. The primary outcome will be measured using register data, and the project will also include complete follow-up up to 4 years after inclusion for long-term outcome data. Secondary outcomes include mental health status, disability and quality of life, collected through survey questionnaires at baseline, and after 6 and 12 months. Participants will include patients undergoing treatment for moderate to severe mental illness who are either unemployed or on sickness or social benefits. The estimated total sample size of 400–500 will be randomly assigned to the interventions. To be eligible, participants must have an expressed desire to work, and sufficient Norwegian reading and writing skills to fill out the questionnaires. DISCUSSION: The Effect Evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) will be one of the largest randomized controlled trials to date investigating the effectiveness of IPS on competitive employment, and the first study to evaluate the effectiveness of IPS for patients with moderate to severe mental illness within a Norwegian context. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01964092. Registered October 16th, 2013.
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spelling pubmed-42440612014-11-26 Protocol for the effect evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS): a randomized controlled multicenter trial of IPS versus treatment as usual for patients with moderate to severe mental illness in Norway Sveinsdottir, Vigdis Løvvik, Camilla Fyhn, Tonje Monstad, Karin Ludvigsen, Kari Øverland, Simon Reme, Silje Endresen BMC Psychiatry Study Protocol BACKGROUND: Roughly one third of disability pensions in Norway are issued for mental and behavioral disorders, and vocational rehabilitation offered to this group has traditionally been dominated by train-and-place approaches with assisted or sheltered employment. Based on a more innovative place-and-train approach, Individual Placement and Support (IPS) involves supported employment in real-life competitive work settings, and has shown great promise for patients with severe mental illness. METHODS/DESIGN: The study is a multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) of IPS in a Norwegian context, involving an effect evaluation, a process evaluation, and a cost/benefit analysis. IPS will be compared to high quality treatment as usual (TAU), with labor market participation and educational activity at 12 months post inclusion as the primary outcome. The primary outcome will be measured using register data, and the project will also include complete follow-up up to 4 years after inclusion for long-term outcome data. Secondary outcomes include mental health status, disability and quality of life, collected through survey questionnaires at baseline, and after 6 and 12 months. Participants will include patients undergoing treatment for moderate to severe mental illness who are either unemployed or on sickness or social benefits. The estimated total sample size of 400–500 will be randomly assigned to the interventions. To be eligible, participants must have an expressed desire to work, and sufficient Norwegian reading and writing skills to fill out the questionnaires. DISCUSSION: The Effect Evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) will be one of the largest randomized controlled trials to date investigating the effectiveness of IPS on competitive employment, and the first study to evaluate the effectiveness of IPS for patients with moderate to severe mental illness within a Norwegian context. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01964092. Registered October 16th, 2013. BioMed Central 2014-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4244061/ /pubmed/25403470 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0307-7 Text en © Sveinsdottir et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Sveinsdottir, Vigdis
Løvvik, Camilla
Fyhn, Tonje
Monstad, Karin
Ludvigsen, Kari
Øverland, Simon
Reme, Silje Endresen
Protocol for the effect evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS): a randomized controlled multicenter trial of IPS versus treatment as usual for patients with moderate to severe mental illness in Norway
title Protocol for the effect evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS): a randomized controlled multicenter trial of IPS versus treatment as usual for patients with moderate to severe mental illness in Norway
title_full Protocol for the effect evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS): a randomized controlled multicenter trial of IPS versus treatment as usual for patients with moderate to severe mental illness in Norway
title_fullStr Protocol for the effect evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS): a randomized controlled multicenter trial of IPS versus treatment as usual for patients with moderate to severe mental illness in Norway
title_full_unstemmed Protocol for the effect evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS): a randomized controlled multicenter trial of IPS versus treatment as usual for patients with moderate to severe mental illness in Norway
title_short Protocol for the effect evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS): a randomized controlled multicenter trial of IPS versus treatment as usual for patients with moderate to severe mental illness in Norway
title_sort protocol for the effect evaluation of individual placement and support (ips): a randomized controlled multicenter trial of ips versus treatment as usual for patients with moderate to severe mental illness in norway
topic Study Protocol
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4244061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25403470
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0307-7
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