Spiroergometric and Psychological Measurements to Predict Return to Work After 18 and 36 Months After Medical Rehab

NCT03206307 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 060.001.12.00 - 3.050
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 284
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Can professional performance and the probability of returning to work up to three years after medical rehabilitation be predicted by spiroergometric data (or performance of the cardiovascular system) together with psychological factors (motivation, self-efficacy) as well as physical activity, and their interaction? How are work related and health related factors associated with the The following variables: workload, work satisfaction, personal assessment of the professional future and psychological stress?

Conditions

Employability

Keywords

Return to work; medical rehabilitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Oxygen absorption during stress test

  Measured by VO2MAX (maximum oxygen consumption in ml / kg body weight / min)

  6 months

• Workability, as measured by questionnaire - change at 6, 12 and 18 months + at 36 months after rehabilitation

  Parameters include health status, employment history, current position, working hours, physical, mental or emotional restrictions to work

  After the rehabilitation treatment at 6, 12 and 18 months (G2) + at 36 months (G1)

• Job satisfaction, as measured by questionnaire - change at 6, 12 and 18 months + at 36 months after rehabilitation

  Parameters include earning capacity, whether job is mentally/physically/emotionally/inter-personally exhausting, skills required, whether recognition is received, independence, boring/challenging , overwhelming, continuous learning, whether important to the person

  After the rehabilitation treatment at 6, 12 and 18 months (G2) + at 36 months (G1)

• Personal appraisal of the professional future, as measured by questionnaire - change at 6, 12 and 18 months + at 36 months after rehabilitation

  Parameters include whether individual expects future work difficulties professionally and/or due to health restrictions

  After the rehabilitation treatment at 6, 12 and 18 months (G2) + at 36 months (G1)

• Return to working life, as measured by questionnaire - change at 6, 12 and 18 months + at 36 months after rehabilitation

  Parameters include how many hours individual desires to work again

  After the rehabilitation treatment at 6, 12 and 18 months (G2) + at 36 months (G1)

• The handling of occupational burdens, as measured by questionnaire - change at 6, 12 and 18 months + at 36 months after rehabilitation

  Parameters include personal initiatives to make return to work practical: changing working conditions, reduction in work hours, different position, professional training, attended health promoting courses, attended coaching/counseling, engaged in self-help, lifestyle changes

  After the rehabilitation treatment at 6, 12 and 18 months (G2) + at 36 months (G1)

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Plans to participate and wishes to take measures to safeguard the earning capacity, as measured by questionnaire - change at 6, 12 and 18 months + at 36 months after rehabilitation

  After the rehabilitation treatment at 6, 12 and 18 months (G2) + at 36 months (G1)

• Self-imposed objectives and achievement, as measured by questionnaire - change at 6, 12 and 18 months + at 36 months after rehabilitation

  After the rehabilitation treatment at 6, 12 and 18 months (G2) + at 36 months (G1)

• Personal, social and contextual factors, as measured by questionnaire - change at 6, 12 and 18 months + at 36 months after rehabilitation

  After the rehabilitation treatment at 6, 12 and 18 months (G2) + at 36 months (G1)

• Participation in interventions, as measured by questionnaire - change at 6, 12 and 18 months + at 36 months after rehabilitation

  After the rehabilitation treatment at 6, 12 and 18 months (G2) + at 36 months (G1)

Study Arms (2)

Group 1

Group 1 will be questioned 36 months (in 2017) after their medical rehabilitation which was in 2013/2014.

Group 2

Group 2 has the medical rehabilitation in 2017 and will be questioned at the end of the medical rehabilitation and 6, 12 and 18 months after that

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

In the study insured members of the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Oldenburg-Bremen with a granted medical rehabilitation treatment at the Montanus-Klinik Bad Schwalbach will be asked to fill out a questionnaire when arriving at the rehabilitation clinic as well as to take part in three subsequent telephone interviews after 6,12 and 18 months.

You may qualify if:

• Degenerative skeletal disease
• Medical rehabilitation at Montanus-Klinik Bad Schwalbach
• Insured with the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Oldenburg-Bremen
• Sufficient knowledge of the German language
• Telephone or mobile phone connection

You may not qualify if:

• Insufficient knowledge of the German language
• No participation in the spiroergometrical measurement

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH: lead

Study Sites (1)

Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH

Bremen, 28759, Germany

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Rinn R, Gan Y, Whittal A, Lippke S. Cardiopulmonary capacity and psychological factors are related to return to work in orthopedic rehabilitation patients. J Health Psychol. 2021 Nov;26(13):2505-2519. doi: 10.1177/1359105320913946. Epub 2020 Apr 28.

  PMID: 32345071 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Sonia Lippke, Prof. Dr.

  Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 8, 2017
• First Posted: July 2, 2017
• Study Start: October 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: September 30, 2018
• Study Completion: December 30, 2018
• Last Updated: February 28, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DE (1)