Can a simple assessment cut sick leave for mental disorders?
NCT ID NCT05772494
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether an early assessment of activity limitations by occupational therapists can help people with mental disorders return to work. 150 participants in specialized psychiatric care will either receive the assessment or usual care. The goal is to see if this leads to fewer sick leave days and better support.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Assessment of activity limitations using Satisfaction with Daily Occupations (SDO) and A Dialogue About Ability Related to Work (DOA)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better routines for assessing activity limitations, helping people with mental disorders return to work more effectively and reducing long sick leave spells.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with only 150 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is a behavioral assessment, not a drug, so its impact may be limited.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * All patients registered at the chosen psychiatric care centers, in need for their second or third sickness certificate within the unit. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with specific diagnosis belonging to another unit within the psychiatric organization. * Patients assessed as being in an acute vulnerable situation where the planned intervention could negatively influence the situation e.g. having suicidal thoughts, or having such language difficulties that an interpreter is needed (which could complicate the understanding of the meaning of the intervention and cause unnecessary worries).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Göteborg University, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology
Gothenburg, 40530, Sweden
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