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ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2025

Psychological Service Utilization and its Impact on Return to Work in Vocational Retraining Centers: A Cohort Study.

Jan Mathis Elling, Christian Hetzel, Anna Maren Koch, Gabriela Sewz, David Bühne

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Article in Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Jan Mathis EllingInstitute for Quality Assurance in Prevention and Rehabilitation (IQPR), German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany. publication@iqpr.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1402-1860
Christian HetzelInstitute for Quality Assurance in Prevention and Rehabilitation (IQPR), German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-8244
Anna Maren KochBerufsförderungswerk Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.
Gabriela SewzBerufsförderungswerk Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.
David BühneInstitute for Quality Assurance in Prevention and Rehabilitation (IQPR), German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1123-0843

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purposeVocational retraining centers in Germany provide retraining for adults who are unable to continue their previous occupation due to health conditions. In addition to education and training, the centers provide support services, including the psychological service that assists rehabilitees in maintaining or regaining their mental stability. This study investigated which socio-demographic, health-related, and rehabilitation-related factors are associated with return to work (RTW) and examined the use of the psychological service and its association with RTW.

methodsData consisted of administrative data and service records routinely collected at one vocational retraining center. A total of 1187 individuals who began vocational retraining between 2016 and 2018 were analyzed. Logistic models predicting RTW and including interaction terms were used.

resultsSeveral factors were associated with RTW (Nagelkerke's Pseudo-R

conclusionThe analysis of routinely collected data in a vocational retraining center is suitable to investigate individual-level factors associated with RTW. The interaction suggests a compensatory effect, i.e., that frequent use of the psychological service mitigates the negative effect of absence on RTW.

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Mental Health ServicesRehabilitation, VocationalReturn to WorkAdultCohort StudiesFemaleGermanyHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychological serviceReturn to workVocational rehabilitationVocational retraining centers

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