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Toward transparent documentation in medical work capacity evaluations: identifying personal factors in medical reports on Swiss disability claimants with chronic widespread pain

Schwegler, Urban and Peter, Claudio and Trezzini, Bruno and Anner, Jessica and Geyh, Szilvia. (2013) Toward transparent documentation in medical work capacity evaluations: identifying personal factors in medical reports on Swiss disability claimants with chronic widespread pain. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 36 (4). pp. 298-307.

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine personal factors that are reported in medical work capacity evaluations of Swiss disability claimants with chronic widespread pain. A mixed-methods study, involving a retrospective qualitative and quantitative secondary analysis of the content of medical reports, was carried out. Two personal factor categorizations (the Geyh categorization and the Grotkamp categorization) were used for coding and specifying the personal factors in the reports. The most relevant personal factor categories were determined by calculating their relative frequency across reports and setting a relevance threshold. Using the Geyh categorization, 27 personal factor categories passed the relevance threshold and six of them appeared in all medical reports. Applying the Grotkamp categorization, 32 personal factor categories passed the threshold and four of them showed up in all reports. The most relevant personal factors identified in medical reports on Swiss disability claimants with chronic widespread pain refer to biographical, occupational, and educational background, behavior patterns as well as personal feelings and cognitions. The development of a standardized documentation involving these personal factors could contribute to more transparency and better comparability of medical work capacity evaluations.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Versicherungsmedizin > Versicherungsmedizin (Kunz)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Versicherungsmedizin > Versicherungsmedizin (Kunz)
UniBasel Contributors:Anner, Jessica
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
ISSN:0342-5282
e-ISSN:1473-5660
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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