Nudge study aims to get sick workers back on the job
NCT ID NCT05006976
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether giving doctors a summary of their patient's survey answers before a consultation helps people on sick leave return to work. About 1180 adults in Norway are taking part. The goal is to see if this simple nudge improves recovery and reduces time off work.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- nudging (providing clinicians with a summary of patient survey results before consultations)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, low-cost way to help people on sick leave return to work more quickly.
- What could go wrong
- This is a naturalistic study testing a behavioral nudge, not a new drug or treatment. The effect may be small or not generalizable beyond Norway's sickness absence clinics.
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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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1,180 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2033
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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23 years and older
- 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: * For the study, the single inclusion criteria is that the patient is offered a consultation or treatment at the NSAC (Norwegian: HiA). Exclusion Criteria: * Aged younger than 23 years at time of referral. The NSACs have guidelines that describe eligibility for treatment, and excludes patients that are either too healthy for the measure, too sick for the measure, not relevant diagnosis or otherwise not considered being in the target group for the measure.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Helse I Arbeid Finnmarkssykehuset
Kirkenes, Troms Og Finnmark, 9915, Norway
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Helse I Arbeid Helgelandssykehuset
Sandnessjøen, Nordland, 8800, Norway
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Helse I Arbeid Nordlandssykehuset
Bodø, Nordland, 8092, Norway
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Helse I Arbeid Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge
Tromsø, Troms Og Finnmark, 9019, Norway
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Opptreningssenteret i Finnmark
Alta, Troms Og Finnmark, 9510, Norway
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