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Table 1 Overview of the selected measures and measurement points

From: Returning to work after sickness absence due to common mental disorders: study design and baseline findings from an 18 months mixed methods follow-up study in Germany

Measures

Source and reference

Total range

Base line (t0)

6 months (t1)

12 months (t2)

18 months (t3)

Socio-demographic information

Own development and [36]

 

x

   

Work-related

 Job characteristics

Own development and [36, 37]

 

x

   

 Quantitative demands

COPSOQ [38]

0 to 100

x

 

xa

xa

 Influence at work

COPSOQ [38]

0 to 100

x

 

xa

xa

 Social support (colleagues)

COPSOQ [39]

0 to 100

x

xa

xa

xa

 Sense of community

COPSOQ [38]

0 to 100

x

xa

xa

xa

 Social support (supervisor)

COPSOQ [39]

0 to 100

x

xa

xa

xa

 Quality of leadership

COPSOQ [38]

0 to 100

x

xa, b

xa, b

xa, b

 Job insecurity

COPSOQ [38]

0 to 100

x

xa

xa

xa

 Work-privacy conflict

COPSOQ [38]

0 to 100

x

xa

xa

xa

 Meaning of work

COPSOQ [38]

0 to 100

x

  

xa

 Workplace commitment

COPSOQ [38]

0 to 100

x

  

xa

 Trust and fairness

COPSOQ [39]

0 to 100

x

  

xa

 Overall job satisfaction

COPSOQ [38]

0 to 100

x

  

xa

RTW-related

 RTW expectation

Adapted from SIBAR [40]

 

x

xc

xc

xc

 Work ability

WAS [41]

0 to 10

x

x

x

x

 RTW self-efficacy

[42]

1 to 6

x

x

x

x

 Job crafting

Adapted from [43, 44]

1 to 5

 

xa

xa

xa

 Current working status

Own development

 

x

x

x

x

 RTW and SRTW trajectories

Own development

  

x

x

x

 GRTW processes

Own development

 

x

x

x

x

  “RTW/BEM” processes

Own development

 

x

x

x

x

 Employer – employee contact during SA

Own development

 

x

xc

xc

xc

 Helpful/necessary work accommodation needs

Own development

 

x

   

 Necessary work accommodation needs next 2 years

Own development

    

xa

Health-related

 First & second diagnosis

ICD-10 codes from Clinicians

 

x

   

 Recurrence of disorder

Own development

 

x

   

 Work-relatedness of disorder

Adapted from Würzburger Screening [45]

1 to 5

x

   

 Weeks of sickness absence for the last twelve/six months

Own development

 

x

x

x

x

 Sickness presenteeism

[46]

 

x

xa

xa

xa

 Self-rated health

[47]

1 to 5

x

x

x

x

 Functional ability

NFAS [48, 49]

1 to 5

x

x

x

x

 Depressive symptoms

PHQ-8 [50]

0 to 24

x

x

x

x

 Generalized anxiety

GAD-2 [51]

0 to 6

x

x

x

x

 Regular physical activity

DEGS [52]

 

x

   

 Smoking behaviour

DEGS [52]

 

x

   

 Alcohol consumption

Adapted from DEGS [52]

 

x

   

 Clinical stay

Adapted from [53]

 

x

   

 Comorbidity

Own development

 

x

   

 Further treatment

Own development

 

x

x

x

x

 Application for early retirement

Adapted from SPE-Scale [54]

  

xc

xc

xc

 Application for recognition as a disabled person

SIBAR [40]

 

x

  

x

 Degree of disability

SIBAR [40]

 

x

  

x

 Stigma resistance

Adapted from ISMI-10 [55]

1 to 4

x

x

x

x

  1. COPSOQ Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire, SIBAR Screening instrument work and occupation, WAS Work ability score, Würzburger Screening for Sociomedical Documentation, PHQ-8 Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale-8, GAD-2 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-2, DEGS German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults, ISMI-10 Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale-10. SPE-Scale subjective prognosis of gainful employment
  2. a only applied if participant did return to work, b only applied if supervisor changed, c only applied if participant did not return to work yet