The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of FCE information on the return to work assessment in temporary employees on sick leave due to musculoskeletal complaints.
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Health condition
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Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
1. Choice of return to work outcomes: 1) return to former job and autonomous
recovery, 2) return to former job and no-autonomous recovery, 3) return to
other job without assistance, 4) return to other job with assistance
2. Assessment of own physical work-ability by temporary employee
3. Time (in weeks) that the temporary employee expects to be able to return to
work in former or other job
4. Time (in weeks) that the insurance physician expects that the temporary
employee will return to work in former or other job
5. Information from the FCE rapport that led the choice for one of the return
to work outcomes
Secondary outcome
Based on semi-structured interview performed by the researchers, process
parameters will be assessed in order to check whether the UWV-team received,
studied and/or discussed the FCE results.
Background summary
Occupational professionals do not possess many instruments to assess physical
work-ability, relying mostly on information provided by the physical
examination and the patient*s anamnesis. Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE)
are safe performance-based assessments striving to report objectively and
systematically the current physical work-ability of individuals suffering from
musculoskeletal complaints.
Consequently, the use of FCE information could be of complementary value for
insurance physicians in the assessment of physical work-ability of temporary
employees on sick leave due to musculoskeletal complaints. Moreover, performing
an FCE assessment might result in a different view of a patient on his own
physical work-ability.
Study objective
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of FCE information on the
return to work assessment in temporary employees on sick leave due to
musculoskeletal complaints.
Study design
An experimental cross-over design with pre- and post-test is used in this
study. Participants are temporary employees and UWV-teams formed by one
insurance physician, one work expert and one return to work counsellor.
Half of the UWV-teams starts as experimental groups and half as control groups.
After the experimental group has assessed (with FCE information) 60 temporary
employees, this group becomes its own control group (cross-over). The same is
true for the control group (becoming then the experimental group).
After the pre-test assessed by the UWV-team, the temporary employee from the
experimental group is assessed on FCE. The FCE rapport is then given to the
UWV-team for the post-test. The temporary employees in the control group are
not assessed on FCE.
Study burden and risks
The risk in participating in the study is minimal: activities assessed through
an FCE are activities that occur in many jobs and in daily life. All
participants can withdraw at any moment from the study and the burden during
FCE assessment depends directly on the participant* own perception.
Furthermore, FCE are assessed by trained and certificated evaluators.
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1105 AZ Amsterdam
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1105 AZ Amsterdam
Nederland
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Age
Inclusion criteria
(1) 18 years old or older
(2) on sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders
(3) expected sick leave for at least 6 weeks
(4) able to fill in Dutch questionnaires
Exclusion criteria
Contra-indications for Ergo-Kit FCE assessment.
Design
Recruitment
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| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL19130.018.07 |