Effectiveness of psychosomatic rehabilitation: A longitudinal study with a waiting control group

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00038670

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2025-12-09

Start date

2026-02-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

Mental and psychosomatic diseases

Interventions

Group 1: People who have undergone psychosomatic rehabilitation after the study began. All participants will receive invitations to complete online surveys every six weeks for 14 months. This will res

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Approval of inpatient psychosomatic rehabilitation by one of the participating pension insurance institutions, consent to participate in the study, sufficient knowledge of German to complete an online questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Special measures such as rehabilitation for people with severe mental illness or measures for addiction disorders, commencement of approved psychosomatic rehabilitation before completing the first questionnaire

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Mental well-being, measured using the Module A ‘Mental and somatoform complaints’ of the HEALTH-49 questionnaire. As changes to this endpoint are of interest, it is measured at each of the 12 measurement points. The first measurement takes place as soon as (organisationally) possible after each participant has given their consent. The subsequent 11 measurement points take place over a period of 14 months at intervals of 6 weeks.	—

Measure

Time frame

Mental well-being, measured using the Module A ‘Mental and somatoform complaints’ of the HEALTH-49 questionnaire. As changes to this endpoint are of interest, it is measured at each of the 12 measurement points. The first measurement takes place as soon as (organisationally) possible after each participant has given their consent. The subsequent 11 measurement points take place over a period of 14 months at intervals of 6 weeks.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Return to work after rehabilitation: operationalised as at least four weeks of continuous employment without being unable to work, measured using routine data from the rehabilitation data statistics basis of the German Federal Pension Insurance Fund. - Work ability, measured using the Work Ability Score at each of the 12 measurement points and as health-related days of incapacity for work in the last 6 weeks, measured at each of the measurement points except for those measurement points that fall during or less than 6 weeks after rehabilitation.	—

Measure

Time frame

- Return to work after rehabilitation: operationalised as at least four weeks of continuous employment without being unable to work, measured using routine data from the rehabilitation data statistics basis of the German Federal Pension Insurance Fund. - Work ability, measured using the Work Ability Score at each of the 12 measurement points and as health-related days of incapacity for work in the last 6 weeks, measured at each of the measurement points except for those measurement points that fall during or less than 6 weeks after rehabilitation.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactChristian Schlett

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Statistik, Sektion Versorgungsforschung und Rehabilitationsforschung (SEVERA)

christian.schlett@uniklinik-freiburg.de+49 761 270 83732

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026