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Register: German Clinical Trials Register
Last refreshed on: 8 April 2024
Main ID:  DRKS00005658
Date of registration: 16/09/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund
Public title: Promoting access to rehabilitation
Scientific title: Promoting access to rehabilitation - PROREHAB
Date of first enrolment: 22/09/2014
Target sample size: 16000
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00005658
Study type:  interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized controlled study; Masking: Open (masking not used); Control: active; Assignment: parallel; Study design purpose: health services research  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name: Marco    Streibelt
Address:  Hohenzollerndamm 46/47 10713 Berlin Germany
Telephone: +4903086581591
Email: dr.marco.streibelt@drv-bund.de
Affiliation:  Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund
Name: Matthias    Bethge
Address:  Ratzeburger Allee 160 23562 Lübeck Germany
Telephone: +4945150051280
Email: matthias.bethge@uksh.de
Affiliation:  Institut für Sozialmedizin und Epidemiologie
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
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


Age minimum: 40 Years
Age maximum: 59 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Persons with sick leave benefits in 2013
Intervention(s)
Group 1: Participants of the intervention group receive a short hint on the possibility to apply for a medical rehabilitation. Additionally, the link to the web-based information portal will be provided.
Group 2: Participants of the control group receive a short hint on the possibility to apply for a medical rehabilitation.
Primary Outcome(s)
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(s)
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.
Secondary ID(s)
U1111-1134-6350
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 22/11/2013
Contact:
ethikkommission@mh-hannover.de
Ethikkommission der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover
+49-511-5323443
ethikkommission@mh-hannover.de
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
URL: http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00005658#studyResults
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