mental illnesses such as F32 depressive episode
Conditions
Sponsors
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rehabilitationswissenschaften im Zentrum für Psychische Gesundheit (ZEP) des Universitätsklinikums Würzburg
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 64 Years
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 |
|---|---|
| Assessment of one's own ability to work (Work Ability Scale, WAS) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Return-to-Work (RTW), subjective employment prognosis (SPE scale) and subjective health/quality of life (SF12) | — |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed