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

Completed

• Conditions: Employability

• Registration Number: NCT02415075
• Lead Sponsor: Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH

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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-10
• Study First Submitted: 2015-04-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-04-08
• Study First Posted: 2015-04-14
• Primary Completion: 2017-09
• Study Completion: 2017-10
• Status Verified: 2018-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-04-05
• Last Update Posted: 2018-04-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1045

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)

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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)
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 12 (t3) months	self-report
motivation for returning to work	when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1)	self-report questionnaire
quality of life and life satisfaction	when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1)	self-report questionnaire (expected number of participants for the measures: 926)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
socio-economic and socio-demographic variables	after the rehabilitation treatment at 12 months (t3)	self-report
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
Questions on the expectations of the medical rehabilitation	when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1)	self-report questionnaire
subjective health and self-reported diagnoses	after the rehabilitation treatment at 12 months (t3)	self-report
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
personal goals and plans	when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic (t1)	self-report questionnaire
social-cognitive variables (e.g. self-efficacy, social support)	after the rehabilitation treatment at 12 months (t3)	self-report
physical activity level (based on IPAQ)	after the rehabilitation treatment at 12 months (t3)	self-report

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH; 🇩🇪 Bremen, Germany