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Trial registered on ANZCTR

Registration number

ACTRN12616000812493

Ethics application status

Approved

Date submitted

17/06/2016

Date registered

21/06/2016

Date last updated

30/09/2022

Date data sharing statement initially provided

30/09/2022

Date results provided

30/09/2022

Type of registration

Retrospectively registered

Titles & IDs

Public title

Getting back to work: a job resource package for adults with spinal cord injury

Scientific title

Development and preliminary trial of an online vocational resource for Australian adults with spinal cord injury

Secondary ID [1]

LSA-D000653

Universal Trial Number (UTN)

U1111-1184-4012

Trial acronym

Linked study record

Health condition

Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:

Spinal Cord Injury

Condition category

Condition code

Injuries and Accidents

Other injuries and accidents

Mental Health

Depression

Intervention/exposure

Study type

Interventional

Description of intervention(s) / exposure

Participants will be required to read an online job-related information package comprising of 7 modules over a 4 week period:
- 1 x introductory module
- 3x modules related to the job-seeking process (i.e. job facts, current job market)
- 2 x modules on job interviewing (i.e. resume writing, interview do’s and don’ts, employers’ needs)
- 1 x module on career development.

Each module includes activity worksheets, links to online resources, and opportunity for email correspondence with a moderator and trained clinical psychologist (lead applicant).

The modules are short (up to 30 mins) and designed to be self-paced. Participants are encouraged to complete the introductory module first. The remaining modules can be completed in any order.

The modules were developed by a multidisciplinary team of rehabilitation specialists including psychology, social work and neurology. A detailed description of the modules is available in an earlier publication by this research group: Dorstyn DS et al., (2016). Piloting an email-based resource package for job-seekers with Multiple Sclerosis. Disability and Rehabilitation. Advance Online Publication. 10 April 2016.

A log of modules completed by each participant will be documented in a follow-up survey.

Intervention code [1]

Rehabilitation

Comparator / control treatment

No control group

Control group

Uncontrolled

Outcomes

Primary outcome [1]

Job self-efficacy - as measured by the Job Procurement Self-efficacy Scale (Wenzel,1993)

Timepoint [1]

4 weeks post-intervention

Primary outcome [2]

Job identity - as measured by the My Vocational Situation Scale (Holland, Johnston & Asama, 1993).

Timepoint [2]

4 weeks post intervention

Secondary outcome [1]

Optimism - as measured by the Life Orientation Test Revised (Scheier, Carver & Bridges, 1994).

Timepoint [1]

4 weeks post-intervention

Secondary outcome [2]

Mood (depression) - as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire (Spitzer, Kroenke & Williams, 1999).

Timepoint [2]

4 weeks post intervention

Eligibility

Key inclusion criteria

Adults (i.e. > 18 years of age) with a traumatic or non-traumatic spinal cord injury or spinal condition (e.g. transverse myelitis, guillain barre syndrome, cauda equina syndrome, spinal fractures, spinal stenosis) who are of working age (i.e. 18-65 years) and currently seeking work or looking to change jobs. Participants will need access to a personal computer and internet.

Minimum age

18 Years

Maximum age

65 Years

Sex

Both males and females

Can healthy volunteers participate?

Key exclusion criteria

Being aged less than 18 years, being a carer or family member of an individual with SCI, cognitive or medical comorbidities that may impact on participation in the online intervention, adults with SCI who are not seeking work.

Study design

Purpose of the study

Educational / counselling / training

Allocation to intervention

Non-randomised trial

Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)

N/A

Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)

N/A

Masking / blinding

Open (masking not used)

Who is / are masked / blinded?

Intervention assignment

Single group

Other design features

Phase

Not Applicable

Type of endpoint/s

Efficacy

Statistical methods / analysis

Treatment outcomes will be examined using a multiple case-study design to examine individual changes in pre-post intervention outcome for each standardised measure. Although the magnitude of this treatment change cannot be precisely predicted, due to the limited quantity and quality of online research with SCI groups, they can be extrapolated from results of web-based chronic disease self-management programs which have achieved moderate psychosocial improvements. Clinical feasibility will be determined by examining process outcomes: attrition rate and perceived consumer benefit of the information package.

Recruitment

Recruitment status

Completed

Date of first participant enrolment

Anticipated

Actual

17/02/2016

Date of last participant enrolment

Anticipated

1/09/2016

Actual

1/11/2016

Date of last data collection

Anticipated

Actual

1/11/2016

Sample size

Target

Accrual to date

Final

Recruitment in Australia

Recruitment state(s)

ACT,NSW,NT,QLD,SA,TAS,WA,VIC

Funding & Sponsors

Funding source category [1]

Government body

Name [1]

Lifetime Support Authority of South Australia

Address [1]

30 Wakefield Street
PO Box 1218 Adelaide SA 5000

Country [1]

Australia

Primary sponsor type

University

Name

University of Adelaide

Address

North Terrace campus
Adelaide SA 5005

Country

Australia

Secondary sponsor category [1]

Charities/Societies/Foundations

Name [1]

Paraquad Association of SA

Address [1]

225 Greenhill Road
Dulwich SA 5065

Country [1]

Australia

Ethics approval

Ethics application status

Approved

Ethics committee name [1]

University of Adelaide Human Research Ethics Committee

Ethics committee address [1]

North Terrace campus
Adelaide SA 5005

Ethics committee country [1]

Australia

Date submitted for ethics approval [1]

01/05/2015

Approval date [1]

22/06/2015

Ethics approval number [1]

H-2015-078

Summary

Brief summary

Research indicates a low employment rate among adults with spinal cord injury (SCI) despite many feeling capable of engaging in paid employment. 

Resuming employment after SCI provides an opportunity to interact with others and has been shown to contribute to general wellbeing and life satisfaction. 

Though specialist vocational rehabilitation services exist, barriers to accessing these services have been identified. These barriers include (but are not limited to): delays in the timeliness of vocational interventions, transportation and/or financial difficulties, and social stigma.

In this context, time-efficient, cost-effective and accessible methods of vocational service delivery present clinical appeal. This includes the use of information and communication technologies (i.e. Internet) to supplement face-to-face rehabilitation. 

Specific aims will of this study will be to:
1.	Develop and evaluate an online vocational resource for working-age adults with SCI.
2.	Identify facilitators of, and barriers to, online learning 

We expect to demonstrate that:
1. Vocational rehabilitation can be applied in an online format 
2. Access to online services will facilitate and promote vocational behaviours and, potentially, contribute to positive mental health outcomes.

Trial website

Trial related presentations / publications

Diana Dorstyn, Rachel Roberts, Gregory Murphy, Ian Kneebone, Ashley Craig, Anna Chur-Hansen, Christine Migliorini, Elizabeth Potter, Ruth Marshall, Jillian Clark, Sharron Neeson, and Peter Stewart (2017). Can targeted job-information for adults with spinal cord dysfunction be effectively delivered online? A pilot study. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. Advance Online Publication.

Public notes

Modules (in pdf form) will be translated to PQSA website following project completion

Contacts

Principal investigator

Name

Dr Diana Dorstyn

Address

School of Psychology
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Adelaide
Adelaide SA 5005

Country

Australia

Phone

+61 8 8313 0649

Fax

[email protected]

Contact person for public queries

Name

Elizabeth Potter

Address

South Australian Spinal Cord Injury Research Centre
Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre
207-255 Hampstead Rd
Northfield SA 5085

Country

Australia

Phone

+61 8 8222 1860

Fax

[email protected]

Contact person for scientific queries

Name

Diana Dorstyn

Address

School of Psychology
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Adelaide
Adelaide SA 5005

Country

Australia

Phone

+61 8 8313 0649

Fax

[email protected]

Data sharing statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?

No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment

What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided

Results publications and other study-related documents

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Source	Title	Year of Publication	DOI
Embase	Can targeted job-information for adults with spinal cord dysfunction be effectively delivered online? A pilot study.	2019	https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2017.1321821

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