Promoting access to rehabilitation

Promoting access to rehabilitation - PROREHAB

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00005658

Enrollment

16000

Registered

2014-09-16

Start date

2014-09-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Persons with sick leave benefits in 2013

Interventions

Group 1: Participants of the intervention group receive a short hint on the possibility to apply for a medical rehabilitation. Additionally, the link to the web-based information portal will be provid

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

40 Years to 59 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Persons aged 40 to 59 years with prior sick leave benefits and regular employment of at least six months in the year before the beginning of the study will be included. Samples will be drawn from the registers of three pension insurance agencies (Federal German Pension Insurance, German Pension Insurance Westfalen and German Pension Insurance Rheinland-Pfalz). Sampling will be stratified for pension insurance agency, sex and duration of sick leave benefits.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: receipt of pension benefits; receipt of rehabilitation services during the last four years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Primary outcome is the proportion of applied and utilised medical rehabilitation services after one year. These data will be extracted from the individual German Pension Insurance (GPI) accounts.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcomes are days with sick leave benefits and days of regular employment during the one-year follow-up. These data will be also extracted from the individual GPI accounts. Further secondary outcomes will be assessed by questionnaire after one year. These outcomes include cognitions on rehabilitation and the application (positive and negative outcome expectancies, self-efficacy; own development, see DRKS00004824), indicators of health-related quality of life (subscales of the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey: physical functioning, mental health, general health perception), individual work ability and disability days.	—

Measure

Time frame

Secondary outcomes are days with sick leave benefits and days of regular employment during the one-year follow-up. These data will be also extracted from the individual GPI accounts. Further secondary outcomes will be assessed by questionnaire after one year. These outcomes include cognitions on rehabilitation and the application (positive and negative outcome expectancies, self-efficacy; own development, see DRKS00004824), indicators of health-related quality of life (subscales of the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey: physical functioning, mental health, general health perception), individual work ability and disability days.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMarco Streibelt

Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund

dr.marco.streibelt@drv-bund.de+4903086581591

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 15, 2026