Promoting access to rehabilitatio

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Persons with sick leave benefits in 2013

• Registration Number: DRKS00005658
• Lead Sponsor: Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-09-16
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 16000

Inclusion Criteria

Persons aged 40 to 59 years with prior sick leave benefits and regular employment of at least six months in the year before the beginning of the study will be included. Samples will be drawn from the registers of three pension insurance agencies (Federal German Pension Insurance, German Pension Insurance Westfalen and German Pension Insurance Rheinland-Pfalz). Sampling will be stratified for pension insurance agency, sex and duration of sick leave benefits.

Exclusion Criteria

receipt of pension benefits;
receipt of rehabilitation services during the last four years

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary outcome is the proportion of applied and utilised medical rehabilitation services after one year. These data will be extracted from the individual German Pension Insurance (GPI) accounts.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary outcomes are days with sick leave benefits and days of regular employment during the one-year follow-up. These data will be also extracted from the individual GPI accounts. Further secondary outcomes will be assessed by questionnaire after one year. These outcomes include cognitions on rehabilitation and the application (positive and negative outcome expectancies, self-efficacy; own development, see DRKS00004824), indicators of health-related quality of life (subscales of the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey: physical functioning, mental health, general health perception), individual work ability and disability days.