Individual courses of vocational rehabilitation: longitudinal description and evaluation of allocation and outcomes of vocational rehabilitation

Individual courses of vocational rehabilitation: longitudinal description and evaluation of allocation and outcomes of vocational rehabilitation - IC-VR

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00009910

Enrollment

1700

Registered

2016-01-25

Start date

2016-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Risk of permanent work disability

Interventions

Group 1: A cohort of participants with an approved application for VR will be surveyed over 3.5 years. Data collection is realized through standardized questionnaires and qualitative interviews. Addit

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Approved application for vocational rehabilitation as provided by the Federal German Pension Insurance between January and June 2016

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Earlier VR during the two preceding years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Duration of employment, insurable remuneration and access to disability pension, data collection: administrative data before and after VR	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Health-related quality of life: SF-36 scale physical functioning (Bullinger & Kirchberger 1998); Self-rated work ability (Tuomi et al. 1991), data collection: up to 4 weeks after the approval (T1) and up to 8 (T2), 24 (T3) and 30 (T4) months after the approval	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAnnika Sternberg

Universität zu Lübeck, Institut für Sozialmedizin und Epidemiologie

annika.sternberg@uksh.de+49 451 929951 17

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 9, 2026