An interventional study of Supported Employment (SE) and Treatment as usual (TAU) in Refugees, sponsored by NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS. Completed at 1 site in Norway. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-09-16.
Sponsored by NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
Humanitarian crises related to the Syrian conflict have led to a large increase in refugees in Europe in the recent years. There is need for effective approaches to increase labor market participation among refugees, and to reduce the impact of unfavorable exclusion mechanisms among this group. The Supported Employment for Refugees (the SER-trial) is a randomized controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of Supported Employment (SE) for newly arrived refugees who are involved in the mandatory introduction program provided for all refugees in Norway. SE is an intervention that has proved effective in promoting competitive employment among patients with severe mental illness in over twenty international randomized controlled trials, and is currently being evaluated for various new patient groups in ongoing trials. The SER-trial is however the first trial to evaluate the effect of SE for the target group of refugees (who may or may not have mental illness).
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS is the lead sponsor of 23 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Follow-up with Supported Employment (SE), provided by a job specialist trained in the eight evidence-based principles of Individual Placement and Support (IPS). The SE intervention is provided in addition to the mandatory introduction program for refugees in Norway (treatment as usual).
Behavioral: Supported Employment (SE)
Follow-up with treatment as usual, which involves participation in the mandatory introduction program provided for all refugees in Norway. The program includes training in Norwegian language and culture, as well as the various traditional employment schemes offered by the Norwegian labor and welfare Administration.
Behavioral: Treatment as usual (TAU)
Supported Employment
Treatment as usual
Competitive employment (register data and log books)
Competitive employment will be assessed using register data from the State Register of Employers and Employees. Analyses will be carried out using both intention-to-treat and per protocol analyses. For per protocol analyses, log books from the service providers in the intervention group will be used.
Time frame: 12 months
Acculturation (survey data)
Acculturation will be assessed using the Vancouver Index of Acculturation (VIA)
Time frame: 12 months
Psychological distress (survey data)
Psychological distress will be assessed using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25)
Time frame: 12 months
Posttraumatic stress (survey data)
Posttraumatic stress will be assessed using the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)
Time frame: 12 months
Global well-being (survey data)
Global well-being will be assessed using a 10-point Cantril Ladder Scale
Time frame: 12 months
Health-related quality of life (survey data)
Health-related quality of life will be assessed using the Euro-Qol Visual Analog Scale
Time frame: 12 months
Plan to share: No
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