Improving Vocational Outcomes in Arthritis

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Arthritis, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Rheumatic Diseases

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00000407

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

326

Starts

1997-01-01

Expected to finish

2001-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-01-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Resident of Alabama
• Previously employed
• Currently unemployed due to musculoskeletal disability
• Feel capable of work
• Want to work

You may not qualify if…

• Not a resident of Alabama
• Unable to work

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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