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{"title":"[Sensitivity and specificity of the PHQ-9 for identifying suicidality in medical rehabilitation].","authors":"Annika Sternberg, Matthias Bethge, Jona Ober, Lisa Weier, Dieter Benninghoven","doi":"10.1055/a-2192-3688","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2192-3688","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Suicidality is rarely assessed in patients treated in German rehabilitation centers, although individuals with physical and mental impairments have an increased risk for suicidality. The item 9 of the 9-item depression module of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) asks about the desire to be dead or to harm oneself and could be used as a possible screening for suicidality. The Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) is a standardized interview to assess suicidality. We assessed the prevalence of suicidality in orthopedic and cardiac rehabilitation using the C-SSRS and the PHQ-9, examined the diagnostic accuracy of the item 9 of the PHQ-9 and of the PHQ-9 total score for identifying suicidality and surveyed the acceptance of the suicidality assessment by the rehabilitants.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Study participants were screened with the PHQ-9 and subsequently interviewed using C-SSRS. Sensitivity and specificity of the item 9 of the PHQ-9 and the PHQ-9 total score were tested for the presence of suicidality assessed with the C-SSRS and in a sensitivity analysis for the presence of nonspecific active suicidal ideation (item 2 of the C-SSRS). We calculated the area under the curve (AUC) to predict the ability of the PHQ-9 to discriminate between individuals with and without acute suicidality. Screening and interview were evaluated by the rehabilitants.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 405 study participants, the prevalence of acute suicidality measured by the C-SSRS was 0.5%. 4% reported nonspecific active suicidal ideation on the C-SSRS. 10.4% reported suicidal ideation on item 9 of the PHQ-9. The sensitivity of item 9 and the PHQ-9 total score for identifying acute suicidality was only 50.0% (95% CI: 1.3% to 98.7%). However, item 9 was sensitive (81.3%, 95% CI: 54.4% to 96.0%) and specific (92.5%, 95% CI: 89.5% to 95.0%) for identifying nonspecific active suicidal ideation. Estimators for sensitivity were highly uncertain because of the low prevalence of acute suicidality. Addressing suicidality was rated as useful and helpful by study participants.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>If the response to item 9 is positive, the immediate risk of suicide is low. However, PHQ-9 is suitable for identifying patients with non-specific suicidal thoughts. A conspicuous score on the item 9 of the PHQ-9 should be further clarified by a psychotherapist.</p>","PeriodicalId":54504,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"180-188"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140327421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Work Participation after Multimodal Rehabilitation due to Cardiovascular Diseases - Representative Analyses using Routine Data of the German Pension Insurance].","authors":"Marco Streibelt, Pia Zollmann, Heinz Völler, Johannes Falk, Annett Salzwedel","doi":"10.1055/a-2133-2552","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2133-2552","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Cardiovascular diseases represent a large proportion of the disease burden of the adult population in Germany. Their importance in rehabilitation has increased continuously in recent years. Several studies have investigated return to work of cardiac patients after rehabilitation, which is relevant from the perspective of pension insurance. However, there is a lack of representative findings for the German region on employment trajectories and their influencing factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The rehabilitation statistics database of the German Pension Insurance (GPI) was used for this study. Subjects were patients with cardiovascular diseases undergoing rehabilitation in 2017. Analyses were performed for the total group and differentiated by relevant diagnosis groups. Occupational participation was operationalized via a monthly state variable up to 24 months after rehabilitation and the rate of all persons who were employed at the 12- and 24- month follow-up and in the 3 months before, respectively. Multiple logistic regression models were calculated to analyze the influencing factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The total sample comprised 59,667 patients. The average age in all groups was between 53 and 56 years. Men were disproportionately represented; 70% of the services were provided as follow-up rehabilitations and 88% in the inpatient setting. Stable employment rates were 66% after one year and 63% after two years in the overall group (disease groups: 49% to 71%). The strongest influencing factors were the amount of pay and the number of sickness absence days before rehabilitation, active employment before rehabilitation, and age.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>For the first time, representative data on occupational participation following rehabilitation on behalf of the GPI are available for the disease groups considered. The analyses underline the need to focus on occupational perspectives already in medical rehabilitation or directly thereafter.</p>","PeriodicalId":54504,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"169-179"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10246105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Insured Persons with High and Moderate Risk of Reduced Earning Capacity - Identification, Analysis of the Use of a Counselling Service and Illustration of their Health and Occupational Situation].","authors":"Ines Passier, Christoph Kröger, Axel Kobelt-Pönicke","doi":"10.1055/a-2157-2368","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2157-2368","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The aim of this study was to investigate the life situation, and analyse the need for rehabilitative interventions as well as the use of counselling service offered to persons insured by the German Pension Insurance Braunschweig - Hannover (DRV BS-H), using the moderate and high risk index for temporary disability penson (RI-EMR).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This is a cross-sectional study. The participants were generated from a random sample of the total insured persons of the DRV BS-H. 1778 persons were contacted offering telephone consultation and a request for participation in a questionnaire survey that recorded, among others, symptoms, burdens and impairments. Employed persons were asked about their stress at work, non-employed persons about their motivation to return to work. 391 (24.5%) participated in the questionnaire survey and 157 (9.8%) of those contacted responded to the offer of counselling service. The contents of the counselling sessions were evaluated descriptively. The questionnaire data were analysed comparatively (ANOVA, χ2-test).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The offer of the telephone counselling was not used as expected in advance. Insured persons with a high RI-EMR showed more clearly complaints as well as burdens and impairments due to contextual factors than persons with a moderate RI-EMR. The majority of non-employed persons in both groups showed up in the motivational stage of forming intentions with regard to a possible return to employment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The question arises as to how insured persons with prognostically limited participation can be better reached with offers of assistance. The goal of early offer of support services is confronted with the problem that delays occur in the application of the routine data of the DRV and thus of the RI-EMR. Future studies should investigate how to improve insured persons' participation in counselling services and also their motivation to return to work.</p>","PeriodicalId":54504,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"151-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71488986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[The National Competency-Based Catalogue of Learning Objectives for Medicine 2.0 for the subject Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine, Naturopathic Medicine. Consensus of Scientific Medical Societies].","authors":"Wilfried Mau, Matthias Bethge, Max Emanuel Liebl","doi":"10.1055/a-2148-7035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2148-7035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The learning objectives in the current cross-sectional subject \"Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine, Naturopathic Medicine\" have been revised as part of the further development of the National Competency-Based Catalogue of Learning Objectives for Medicine (NKLM) to its new version 2.0. Since the NKLM is designed as an interdisciplinary catalogue, a subject assignment seemed necessary from the point of view of various stakeholders. Thus, the German Association of Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF) and the German medical faculties initiated a subject assignment process. The assignment process for the subject \"Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine, Naturopathic Medicine\" (PRM-NHV; according to the subject list of the first draft of the planned novel medical license regulations from 2020) is presented in this paper.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The AWMF invited its member societies to participate in the assignment of learning objectives of chapters VI, VII, and VIII of the NKLM 2.0 to the individual subjects to which they consider to contribute in teaching. For \"PRM-NHV\", representatives of the societies for rehabilitation sciences (DGRW), physical and rehabilitation medicine (DGPRM), orthopaedics and traumatology (DGOU), as well as for naturopathy (DGNHK) participated. In a structured consensus process according to the DELPHI methodology, the learning objectives were selected and consented. Subsequently, subject recommendations were made by the AWMF for each learning objective.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From the NKLM 2.0, a total of 100 competency-based learning objectives of chapters VII and VIII for the subject \"PRM-NHV\" were consented by the representatives of the involved societies for presentation on the NKLM 2.0 online platform.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In the context of the revision process of medical studies in Germany and under the umbrella of the AWMF and the German medical faculties, a broad consensus of competency-based learning objectives in the subject \"PRM-NHV\" could be achieved. This provides an important orientation for all medical faculties both for the further development of teaching in the cross-sectional subject \"Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine, Naturopathic Medicine\" according to the 9th revision of the medical license regulations, which has been valid for twenty years, and for the preparation of the corresponding subjects in the draft bill of the novel license regulations.</p>","PeriodicalId":54504,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation","volume":"63 3","pages":"189-196"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141312330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Effects of pulmonary rehabilitation on dysfunctional respiratory patterns in patients with uncontrolled asthma].","authors":"Franziska Ebert, Nikolaus Ballenberger, Markus C Hayden, Dirk Möller, Matthias Limbach, Michael Schuler, Dennis Nowak, Konrad Schultz","doi":"10.1055/a-2192-3377","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2192-3377","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Dysfunctional breathing patterns (DAM) are deviations from physiologic breathing patterns. DAM seem to be associated with lower asthma control. To date, it is unclear what effect inpatient rehabilitation can have on this problem. The aim of this work is to investigate the effect of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) on DAM.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The data are based on a randomized controlled trial with a waiting control group. The intervention group (IG) received PR 4 weeks after application approval and the control group (KG) after 5 months. Dysfunctional breathing was assessed by Nijmegen-Questionnaire (NQ). Values ≥ 23 points indicate an existing DAM. Values at the end of rehabilitation (T2) and after three months (T3) were compared (analysis of covariance). Supplemental moderator analysis was performed to examine whether the effect of PR was related to baseline NQ scores.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant differences in NQ score are found between IG (n=202) and KG (n=210) at T2 (AMD=10.5; 95%CI [9; 12]; d=1.4; p<0.001) and at T3 (AMD=5.8; 95%CI [4.3; 7.3]; d=0.8; p<0.001). There is an interaction effect between the difference in NQ score between the groups at T2 and baseline at T0 (b=5.6; 95%CI [2.2; 11.9]; p<0.001). At T3, this interaction effect was no longer detectable (b=4.5; 95%CI [-3.1; 14.1]; p=807).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Inpatient, multimodality, and interdisciplinary PR is associated with significant and clinically relevant improvement in DAM both at discharge and 3 months later. In the short term, patients with existing DAM benefit more from PR than patients without DAM.</p>","PeriodicalId":54504,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"100-106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139514200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Work Participation after Multimodal Rehabilitation due to Cancer: Representative Analyses using Routine Data of the German Pension Insurance].","authors":"David Fauser, Pia Zollmann, Marco Streibelt, Matthias Bethge","doi":"10.1055/a-2192-3476","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2192-3476","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Cancer diseases are associated with multiple physical, psychosocial, and occupational burdens that jeopardize work participation and must be specifically addressed with rehabilitative interventions. This study addressed the following questions regarding cancer patients whose rehabilitation was covered by German Pension Insurance (GPI): (a) What socio-medical risks existed prior to rehabilitation, (b) how well persons were able to return to work after rehabilitation, and (c) what conditions determined work participation?</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used the rehabilitation statistics database of the German Pension Insurance and included patients with completed medical rehabilitation due to cancer in 2017. Analyses were carried out for the entire group as well as for those differentiated according to their tumor sites (breast, prostate, colon and lung). Work participation was operationalized both via a monthly state up to 24 months after rehabilitation discharge and as a rate of all persons who were employed 12 or 24 months and the 3 preceding months (stable work participation). For the analysis of the influencing factors on stable work participation, multiple logistic regression models with stepwise inclusion were calculated separately for the rates after 12 and 24 months.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 63,587 data sets were included in the analysis (breast cancer: n=20,545, 32%; prostate: n=6,434, 10%; colon: n=4,727, 7%; lung: n=2,866, 5%). Of the rehabilitation participants 55% (lung), 49% (colon), 46% (breast), and 13% (prostate) had sickness absences of six or more months in the year before rehabilitation. Two years after rehabilitation, return-to-work rates were 66% (breast), 54% (prostate), 50% (colon), and 24% (lung). The strongest factors influencing stable work participation were time of sick leave, wage before rehabilitation and age.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Two years after cancer rehabilitation, 5 to 6 out of 10 persons returned to stable work participation. Relevant influencing factors were the length of sick leave and wages prior to cancer rehabilitation. The results suggest inclusion of more work-related aspects in cancer rehabilitation and greater suppor, especially in the first year post-rehabilitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":54504,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"107-118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138812281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Exercise-Based Prehabilitation In Orthopaedics, Cardiology And Oncology].","authors":"Rebecca Abel, Nora Zoth, Christiane Wilke, Thomas Schmidt","doi":"10.1055/a-2126-7431","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2126-7431","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prehabilitation (prehab) aims to prepare patients for surgery, to reduce perioperative complications and to improve postoperative recovery. Pre-operative interventions depend on the indication and the specific patient characteristics and life circumstances. In orthopaedics, the focus is on preoperative improvement of physical performance, function and muscle strength through specific strength, mobility and sensomotoric training. In cardiology, endurance training and respiratory therapy are used in the preoperative phase, as well as coordination and strengthening exercises and occupational therapy to improve physical fitness and performance and reduce cardiovascular risk factors. In oncology, prehab is used preoperatively and also in addition to chemotherapy or radiotherapy to reduce medical side effects and to increase tolerance to cancer therapies (e. g. surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy). Exercise interventions in oncology differ according to the type of cancer (e. g. combined strength and endurance training, respiratory therapy, high-intensity interval training and walking). Study results often show positive effects on health resources using prehab. However, further high-quality clinical intervention studies are needed to confirm the clinical benefits of prehab for implementation in routine care.</p>","PeriodicalId":54504,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation","volume":"63 1","pages":"51-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139713427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Factors Modulating Motor Function Changes in Stroke Patients During Inpatient Neurological Rehabilitation].","authors":"Catherine Rothacher, Joachim Liepert","doi":"10.1055/a-2204-3952","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2204-3952","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To identify factors that have an impact on the degree of functional improvements in stroke patients during inpatient neurological rehabilitation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective analysis of 398 stroke patients who participated in an inpatient Phase C rehabilitation (Barthel index between 30 and 70 points). We correlated changes in 3 physiotherapeutic assessments (transfer from sitting to standing; transfer from bed to (wheel)chair; climbing stairs) and 3 occupational therapeutic assessments (eating/drinking; dressing of the upper part of the body; object manipulation) with the factors age, gender, Barthel-Index at admission, time since stroke, length of stay in inpatient rehab, number and extent of therapies and ischemic versus hemorrhagic stroke. In addition, a stepwise regression analysis was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The patient group showed significant improvements in all assessments. Length of stay in inpatient rehab and number/extent of therapies correlated with improvements of transfer from sitting to standing, transfer from bed to (wheel)chair, climbing stairs, and dressing of the upper part of the body. Number/extent of therapies also correlated with eating/drinking. Barthel-Index at admission was negatively correlated with transfer from sitting to standing, transfer from bed to (wheel)chair, and dressing of the upper part of the body. No correlation between changes of motor functions and age or gender or type of stroke (ischemic versus hemorrhagic) was found. Patients<3 months after stroke showed stronger improvements of transfer from sitting to standing, transfer from bed to (wheel)chair, climbing stairs, dressing of the upper part of the body, and object manipulation than patients>6 months after stroke. However, patients<3 months after stroke also stayed 10 days longer in inpatient rehab. The stepwise regression analysis identified the number of physiotherapies and Barthel-Index at admission as the most important factors for changes in transfer from sitting to standing and transfer from bed to (wheel)chair, number of physiotherapies and time since stroke for climbing stairs, number of occupational therapies for eating/drinking, number of occupational therapies and time since stroke for dressing the upper part of the body and number of occupational therapies and length of inpatient rehab for object manipulation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In stroke patients, a higher number of therapies is associated with greater improvements of motor functions. Age, gender and type of stroke have no relevant impact on changes of motor functions during inpatient rehabilitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":54504,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation","volume":"63 1","pages":"31-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139713428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Supporting rehabilitation facilities in implementing diversity-sensitive care: Development of the DiversityKAT manual].","authors":"Tuğba Aksakal, Maria Mader, Fabian Erdsiek, Kübra Annac, Dennis Padberg, Yüce Yılmaz-Aslan, Oliver Razum, Patrick Brzoska","doi":"10.1055/a-2138-9199","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2138-9199","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Expectations regarding health care including rehabilitation differ depending on age, gender, and also the migration history of the patient population. To meet the diverse expectations, health care needs to be diversity-sensitive, which can have a positive effect on the utilization and outcomes of care. Diversity-sensitive care, however, should take into consideration not only the expectations of diverse patient groups but also the opportunities and challenges offered by diversity of staff. Managers of health care facilities and health care staff in Germany are well aware of the need for diversity-sensitive care, but corresponding measures, so far, have been applied rarely and only unsystematically. The aim of the study was to develop a manual consisting of a catalogue of instruments and a guideline that can support rehabilitation facilities in implementing diversity-sensitive care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A mixed methods approach was used for the study. Based on a scoping review, suitable instruments (n=34) were identified that can be used for the implementation of diversity-sensitive health care. Consensus on a draft of the manual was then reached in seven focus group discussions with health care staff (n=44) and a discussion circle consisting of n=5 representatives of the rehabilitation providers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The <i>DiversityKAT</i> manual, which was developed in a participatory manner, presents diversity-sensitive tools, including instructions, questionnaires, checklists and concepts that can be used to take into account the diversity of needs and expectations in everyday health care. In line with the feedback from health care staff, the manual includes information that can be used as a step-by-step guide to select and implement appropriate tools. At the request of the staff and the rehabilitation providers, exemplary case descriptions were added to present the use of selected instruments in specific situations. A matrix was developed for purposes of quick orientation and pre-selection of suitable instruments.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Through practice-oriented advice and low-threshold guidance, the <i>DiversityKAT</i>-manual can increase user orientation in rehabilitation but needs to be further examined in future evaluation studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":54504,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"23-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10308029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of an Innovative Case Management Strategy to Improve Rehabilitation Coverage for People at High Risk of Permanent Work Disability: a Feasibility Study.","authors":"Lea Remus, Marei Grope, Stella Lemke, Matthias Bethge","doi":"10.1055/a-2158-3212","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2158-3212","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Our process evaluation (trial registration: DRKS00022468) monitored the implementation of a multi-component strategy including case management aiming to improve rehabilitation coverage and work participation of people with a high risk of permanent work disability.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A risk score using administrative data, particularly on employment and welfare benefits, was employed to identify individuals with higher probability of receiving disability pension and therefore potentially needing support. These individuals were contacted by post and encouraged to phone their regional case manager if they needed assistance. Content for the intervention components was developed collaboratively with the case managers. We examined the sample reached, dose delivered, fidelity, dose received and satisfaction with the intervention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 1074 individuals with high-risk scores were contacted, there were 57 case managements. The participants reached were in poor health, and 42.1% reported at least four diagnosed conditions, mostly musculoskeletal and mental disorders. About two-thirds (63.0%) reported poor work ability at baseline. On average, 72.5% of the content of the initial telephone contacts, 88.7% of the content of the face-to-face interviews and 45.2% of the content of the case management were delivered. The participants were highly satisfied with the various components and content of the intervention. Knowledge about rehabilitation improved significantly, with 43 of the 57 participants (75.4%) applying for rehabilitation, mainly medical rehabilitation. At the end of the case management intervention, most participants (91.7%) were still employed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The risk score offers an opportunity to screen for people with a high risk of permanent work disability. Case management participants found participation worthwhile and were significantly better informed about participation services after completing case management. More than every second participant received medical or vocational rehabilitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":54504,"journal":{"name":"Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"13-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"61566128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}