What works for whom in occupational physiotherapy - decision support system for sustained employability.(NWO-fund) Wat werkt voor wie in arbeidsfysiotherapie – ondersteuning bij advisering voor duurzame inzetbaarheid. (NWO-beurs)

Recruiting

Conditions: Resilience, Sustainable employability, Occupational health, Physiotherapy, Prevention

Lead Sponsor: Saxion Hogeschool, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Alberta

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

workers (18 - 65 years, male and female)

Exclusion Criteria

- persons with severe health problems who were currently absent from work.

- persons with a pace maker were excluded from cardiovascular tests

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
o single consented gold standard outcome measure for SE is available. Therefore our outcome variables will be based on best available evidence. <br /><br>Sustained employability is operationalized as: <br /><br /><br><br>workability: Workability index (WAI)<br /><br>vitality: UWES9 - vitality<br /><br>stay at work: sickleave <br /><br /><br><br>Workability, sickness absence and vitality are assessed at T0 and T1. Changes in these variables are outcome-variables which are used as input for the DST to learn. The changes will be determined based on MCIC’s. The interpretation of the changes will be different for different groups: e.g. when SE of a worker is good at T0, no change or improvement is a good result, but when SE is insufficient at T0, only improvement is a good result.<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
personal: age, education, years employed, working hours/wk <br /><br>biometry: bloodpressure (syst and diast), HRV (MHRR), cholesterol, glucose, weight and length (BMI), percentage bodyfat.<br /><br>Questionnaires : QEEW: need for recovery, workpace, experienced physical strain, experienced mental strain (in dutch: VBBA), GHQ-12, UWES-9, Lifestyle questionnaires (Physical Activity, Smoking, Alcohol, Nutrition and Recreation), Experienced general health questionnaire, Coronary heart diseases questionnaire, experienced physical complaints. <br /><br>Physical capacity: sit&reach test, Harvard step test, handgrip force.<br /><br>Functional capacity: FCE tests performed are lifting low and working above shoulder hight.<br /><br>Optional (according to risk at the company): questionnaire vision, hearing, trachea, skin. <br /><br>Optional (according to advise of occupational doctor): capacity test of vision, hearing and/or lungs.<br>