Employability
Conditions
Keywords
Return to work, state of subjective health, medical rehabilitation, motivational interviewing
Brief summary
The purpose of the study is to determine which factors on a personal, social and contextual level will help rehabilitation patients on returning to or continuing to work as well as to stay employable.
Detailed description
For most people work is an integral part of their life which not only secures their life standards, but also forms the basis for social participation and personal growth. If someone's workability is limited as a result of health problems, medical rehabilitation can often help to regain strength and capabilities, and to continue to work in a productive way and remain healthy. In cooperation with the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Oldenburg-Bremen health psychologists at Jacobs University Bremen are investigating what contributes to the success of such medical rehabilitation treatments. The focus is to understand which measures are helping people during and subsequently to their treatment in the clinic.Therefore voluntary participants will be asked to fill out a questionnaire when arriving at the rehabilitation facility and will subsequently invited to participate in two motivational telephone interviews after six and 12 months. Personal, social and contextual factors, measures and offers, as well as goals, plans and behaviors, will be taken into consideration to evaluate the effectiveness of medical rehabilitation on returning to or continuing to work.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALmedical rehabilitation
Participants who will take part in the study are asked to fill out a questionnaire when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic and will be invited to participate in two motivational telephone interviews after six and 12 months.
Sponsors
Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* insurants of the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Oldenburg-Bremen * with a granted medical rehabilitation stay * sufficient knowledge of the German, Turkish or Russian language * telephone or mobile phone connections
Exclusion criteria
* insurants of the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Oldenburg-Bremen who did not receive a granted stay at one of the medical rehabilitation clinics of the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Oldenburg-Bremen * no proficient language skills (German, Turkish, Russian)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| quality of life and life satisfaction | when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1) | self-report questionnaire (expected number of participants for the measures: 926) |
| change in quality of life and life satisfaction at 6 and 12 months | after the rehabilitation treatment at 6 (t2) and 12 (t3) months | self-report (as described above two subsequent telephone interviews after 6 and 12 months) |
| motivation for returning to work | when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1) | self-report questionnaire |
| change in motivation for returning to work at 6 and 12 months | after the rehabilitation treatment at 6 (t2) and 12 (t3) months | self-report |
| actual return to work | after the rehabilitation treatment at 6 (t2) months | self-report |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| socio-economic and socio-demographic variables | when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1) | self-report questionnaire |
| subjective health and self-reported diagnoses | when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1) | self-report questionnaire |
| personal goals and plans | when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1) | self-report questionnaire |
| Questions on the expectations of the medical rehabilitation | when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1) | self-report questionnaire |
| Questions on the satisfaction with the medical rehabilitation treatments | after the rehabilitation treatment at 6 months (t2) | self-report |
| employment history | when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1) | self-report questionnaire |
| change in personal goals and plans at 6 months | after the rehabilitation treatment at 6 months (t2) | self-report |
| change in personal goals and plans at 12 months | after the rehabilitation treatment at 12 months (t3) | self-report |
| social-cognitive variables (e.g. self-efficacy, social support) | when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1) | self-report questionnaire |
| physical activity level (based on IPAQ) | when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1) | self-report questionnaire |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed