Early Intervention to Promote Return to Work for People With Spinal Cord Injury
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-62
SponsorKessler Foundation
About this trial
For many people with spinal cord injury, seeking employment after injury is an important goal. There are services available to help people with disabilities. However, the best ways to coordinate and deliver these services are not yet known. This project will compare two ways of coordinating and delivering services that are designed to help people with spinal cord injury obtain employment.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
adults age 18 to 62
a neurological impairment secondary to an SCI that occurred less than 12 months prior to enrollment
receiving inpatient rehabilitation at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation (KIR)
community living in the state of NJ after discharge from KIR
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
State Counselor-Coordinated Services
Other interventionA counselor affiliated with the New Jersey State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services coordinates services that consider the participant's condition, needs and goals. Services participants may receive include: * Education on programs designed to help people with spinal cord injury or brain injury pursue employment. * Advice and guidance from professional counselors who have special training in helping people with disabilities pursue employment. * Help completing applications for services. * Assistance communicating with my employer about my needs and ways to accommodate them. * Referrals to and services from other health care or technology providers.
Center Facilitator-Coordinated Services
Other interventionA facilitator affiliated with Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation coordinates services that consider the participant's condition, needs and goals. Services participants may receive include: * Education on programs designed to help people with spinal cord injury or brain injury pursue employment. * Advice and guidance from professional counselors who have special training in helping people with disabilities pursue employment. * Help completing applications for services. * Assistance communicating with my employer about my needs and ways to accommodate them. * Referrals to and services from other health care or technology providers.
Treatment groups
162 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: State Counselor-Coordinated ServicesOther 1 intervention
Group B: Center Facilitator-Coordinated ServicesOther 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Employment Status (Percent Employed)
Proportion of participants in each group in competitive employment.
Time frame
12-months post-enrollmentSecondary outcomes
1
Employment Efficiency (Median Time to Employment)
Median number of months from date of enrollment to date of competitive integrated employment; obtained through self-report.
Time frame
12-months post-enrollment2
Income
Earnings within the first 12 months post-enrollment as obtained from New Jersey Unemployment Insurance (UI) data.
Time frame
12-months post-enrollment3
Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)
5 item (2 minute) scale that provides global measure of life satisfaction.
Time frame
Assessed at 1 month (baseline), 6, and 12 months post-enrollment.4
International SCI Quality of Life Basic Data Set
3 item (\~1 minute) assessment of satisfaction with life as a whole, physical health, psychological health.
Time frame
Assessed at 1 month (baseline), 6, and 12 months post-enrollment.Locations
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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