mental illnesses such as F32 depressive episode
Conditions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - employment with at least 50% job at first contact - residence or company location in Bavaria (Lower Franconia or Upper Franconia) - Recently (up to four months) incapacitated or threatened - incapacitation due to mental illness - waiting period of 180 months (minimum insurance period DRV) fulfilled or use of medical rehabilitation in the last 6 months - psychiatric diagnosis required - at least 3h able to work/day - willingness of the client to reduce working hours to 50% and to participate in psychological job-related intervention and case management - pension insurance with DRV Nordbayern or DRV Bund - no change of job planned
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - self-employed, trainees, civil servants - lack of positive prognosis for SAW/RTW within the next 12 months. - lack of possibility to establish a stable working relationship with the client and/or to implement measures to achieve the goal (e.g. untreated serious mental/medical illness). - participation in a retraining program that exceeds the project's timeframe of 12 months (+ 6 months follow-up) - German Statutory Accident Insurance cases (mental illness caused by work accident/occupational disease) - unemployment at the time of contact - application for or exclusive orientation towards pension for reduced earning capacity
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| analysis of the feasibility of the measure in practice | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| exact description of the process events, identification of problems/difficulties in practical implementation, first estimation of changes to be achieved in selected outcomes at the measurement points T1, T2, T3, T4, T5: ability to work/return to work/stay-at-work, subj. employment prognosis SPE scale, subjective ability to work items WAI, job satisfaction KAFA depressiveness PHQ-9, anxiety GAD-2, physical complaints SSS-8, quality of life SF12, psychosocial strain/stress/burn-out at work MBI, recovery experiences REQ, optimization of the intervention/counseling concept and creation of an action guide, preparation RCT | — |
Countries
Germany