Thinking Skills and Work Ability in People With Depression or Anxiety
Studies how thinking skills relate to sick leave in adults with depression or anxiety.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: AtWork: The Relation Between Cognitive Functioning, Common Mental Disorders and Work Functioning
Key facts
- Where
- Oslo, NorwaySee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 65 years old?
Source: NCT07349550, who can take part
Where in Norway
- Diakonhjemmet HospitalOslo, NorwayTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Trial code
- NCT07349550
- Record updated
- 21 January 2026
- Original description
Depression and anxiety affects levels of function across different levels like work, increasing levels of sick leave and as well as cognitive functioning. In the current study patients at risk of sick leave with depression and anxiety receive metacognitive therapy and work focus in an ordinary outpatient clinic. Impaired cognitive functioning may also be of importance in the return to work process and degree of sick leave. It is important to get a better understanding of how cognitive functioning is related to sick leave and if it predicts return to work, and if cognitive functioning is changed due to psychological treatment.Read full original descriptionShow less
AtWork: The Relation Between Cognitive Functioning, Common Mental Disorders and Work Functioning
Depression and anxiety affects levels of function across different levels like work, increasing levels of sick leave and as well as cognitive functioning. In the current study patients at risk of sick leave with depression and anxiety receive metacognitive therapy and work focus in an ordinary outpatient clinic. Impaired cognitive functioning may also be of importance in the return to work process and degree of sick leave. It is important to get a better understanding of how cognitive functioning is related to sick leave and if it predicts return to work, and if cognitive functioning is changed due to psychological treatment.
Inclusion: diagnosis of depression and/or anxiety,; at risk of sick leave.
Exclusion: personality disorders cluster A or B,; serious somatic disorders; ongoing substance abuse,; symptoms of psychosis,; acute suicidality,.