Prevention of Reduced Employability With an Expert System With Telephone, Motivational Interviews Supporting Self-management

Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH1,045 enrolled

Overview

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.

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

1,045

Conditions

Employability

Interventions

medical rehabilitationBEHAVIORAL

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.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 85 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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)

Locations (1)

Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH

Bremen, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

quality of life and life satisfaction

self-report questionnaire (expected number of participants for the measures: 926)

Time frame: when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1)

change in quality of life and life satisfaction at 6 and 12 months

self-report (as described above two subsequent telephone interviews after 6 and 12 months)

Time frame: after the rehabilitation treatment at 6 (t2) and 12 (t3) months

motivation for returning to work

self-report questionnaire

Time frame: when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1)

change in motivation for returning to work at 6 and 12 months

self-report

Time frame: after the rehabilitation treatment at 6 (t2) and 12 (t3) months

actual return to work

self-report

Time frame: after the rehabilitation treatment at 6 (t2) months

actual return to work

self-report

Time frame: after the rehabilitation treatment at 12 (t3) months

Secondary Outcomes

personal goals and plans

self-report questionnaire

Time frame: when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1)

change in personal goals and plans at 6 months

self-report

Time frame: after the rehabilitation treatment at 6 months (t2)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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