Die Rehabilitation
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Due to specifications in Social Code Book IX and increasing ICF orientation, occupation-related treatment gains importance in medical rehabilitation. The quick and easy identification of patients in need of occupational rehabilitation requires adequate screening instruments. The present study was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the German Pension Fund within a programme that focussed on "Work-related orientation within medical rehabilitation and occupational rehabilitation". The study aimed at the development and validation of a "Screening instrument work and occupation (SIBAR)". ⋯ The reliability of SIBAR was satisfying to good. Depending on the external criterion and subsample included the validity of SIBAR was good to very good respective. The agreement between subjective need for occupation-related treatment and the report by clinicians reaches 63%. Yet there is no generally accepted definition of need. For different indications, significant differences occur regarding a need for rehabilitation, which are hardly related to any personal characteristics. In comparison with other screening-instruments, SIBAR supplies a better prognostic estimation of early retirement. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH: The concept of SIBAR meets the methodical requirements for a screening instrument. SIBAR can serve as a generic instrument addressing various demands. It is reliable, valid, short, easy to comprehend, and capable of representing subsequent occupational reintegration and a need for occupation-related treatment.
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Behavioural interventions in chronically ill adolescents aim to improve disease-related self-management. The study presents a short questionnaire for examining the self-management strategies in paediatric patients with obesity, asthma, type I diabetes or atopic eczema. ⋯ This questionnaire can be used as an instrument for self-management strategies in chronically ill adolescents. The responsiveness (change score) and validity have to be further investigated.
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Editorial Comment
[Towards pay for performance in medical rehabilitation?].