Online Rehab-Need Test (OREST): Practicability, acceptance and usefulness of an active program (self-test) to screen for the need of medical rehabilitation among individuals covered by the German statutory pension insurance scheme in Baden-Württemberg and the Rhine Region.

Online Rehab-Need Test (OREST): Practicability, acceptance and usefulness of an active program (self-test) to screen for the need of medical rehabilitation among individuals covered by the German statutory pension insurance scheme in Baden-Württemberg and the Rhine Region. - OREST

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00006344

Enrollment

8000

Registered

2015-04-15

Start date

2017-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Need of rehabilitation

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: receives written information on the possibility of testing online their need for rehabilitation at www.rehabedarfstest.de (including the password). Group 2: Control group:

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

40 Years to 54 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Basis for the randomization process is a cohort of individuals insured by the German statutory pension insurance scheme of Baden-Württemberg and the Rhine Region aged between 40 and 54 years (cutoff day) who fulfill the insurance providers' prerequisites for a rehab measure. Half of our sample will consist of insurees with and without previous rehabilitation experience (the intervention group's last rehabilitation measure must not have been more than 4 years ago).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Our primary endpoint is to measure how often rehabilitation applications are made and approved during the study's observation period. After 22 months have passed, we will have access to the accounts of the 8000 insurees and inquire about (1) death, (2) medical rehabilitation services applied for and approved (application date, type of service being applied for, how the service is carried out, and the start and end of rehabilitation), (3) occupational status and time on disability, and (4) how many applications for and authorization of workers' disability have been submitted. The authorization of rehabilitation applications will be our main criterium for determining whether the application was worthwhile (= „correctly positive“). Furthermore, results from the self-tests will be assessed for potential problems and compared with (population-based) norms (i. e., the „Lübeck cohort“; WAI-norms).	—

Measure

Time frame

Our primary endpoint is to measure how often rehabilitation applications are made and approved during the study's observation period. After 22 months have passed, we will have access to the accounts of the 8000 insurees and inquire about (1) death, (2) medical rehabilitation services applied for and approved (application date, type of service being applied for, how the service is carried out, and the start and end of rehabilitation), (3) occupational status and time on disability, and (4) how many applications for and authorization of workers' disability have been submitted. The authorization of rehabilitation applications will be our main criterium for determining whether the application was worthwhile (= „correctly positive“). Furthermore, results from the self-tests will be assessed for potential problems and compared with (population-based) norms (i. e., the „Lübeck cohort“; WAI-norms).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
No secondary outcome.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMalgorzata Schlöffel

UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM FREIBURG, Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Statistik, Sektion Versorgungsforschung und Rehabilitationsforschung

malgorzata.schloeffel@uniklinik-freiburg.de+49 (0) 761 - 27074460

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026