Table 1.
Description of the study sample stratified by nationality (participants of the rehabilitation client survey of the German Statutory Pension Insurance Scheme conducted between 2007 and 2011, n = 251,140)
| Nationality | Total (n = 251,140) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany (n = 239,811) | Turkey (n = 2,155) | Former Yugoslavia (n = 2,267) | Portugal/Spain/Italy/Greece (n = 2,061) | Other (n = 4,846) | ||||||||
| Age in years (mean; SD) | ||||||||||||
| 53.3 | 10.0 | 47.8 | 9.4 | 53.2 | 8.8 | 52.1 | 8.8 | 52.0 | 8.9 | 53.2 | 10.0 | |
| Sex (n, %) | ||||||||||||
| Male | 119,434 | 49.8 | 1,361 | 63.2 | 1,216 | 53.6 | 1,331 | 64.6 | 2,666 | 55.0 | 126,008 | 50.2 |
| Female | 120,377 | 50.2 | 794 | 36.8 | 1,051 | 46.4 | 730 | 35.4 | 2,180 | 45.0 | 125,132 | 49.8 |
| Marriage status (n, %) | ||||||||||||
| Single/divorced/widowed | 67,364 | 28.1 | 266 | 12.3 | 463 | 20.4 | 410 | 19.9 | 1,145 | 23.6 | 69,648 | 27.7 |
| Married | 172,447 | 71.9 | 1,889 | 87.7 | 1,804 | 79.6 | 1,651 | 80.1 | 3,701 | 76.4 | 181,492 | 72.3 |
| School education (n, %) | ||||||||||||
| Low | 105,407 | 44.0 | 1,526 | 70.8 | 1,235 | 54.5 | 1,471 | 71.4 | 1,644 | 33.9 | 111,283 | 44.3 |
| Intermediate | 77,195 | 32.2 | 286 | 13.3 | 514 | 22.7 | 264 | 12.8 | 1,199 | 24.7 | 79,458 | 31.6 |
| High | 35,491 | 14.8 | 106 | 4.9 | 243 | 10.7 | 136 | 6.6 | 1,149 | 23.7 | 37,125 | 14.8 |
| Other/unknown | 21,718 | 9.1 | 237 | 11.0 | 275 | 12.1 | 190 | 9.2 | 854 | 17.6 | 23,274 | 9.3 |
| Occupational position (n, %) | ||||||||||||
| Skilled labor | 167,134 | 69.7 | 866 | 40.2 | 1,060 | 46.8 | 963 | 46.7 | 2,729 | 56.3 | 172,752 | 68.8 |
| Semi-skilled/unskilled labor | 32,368 | 13.5 | 1,093 | 50.7 | 992 | 43.8 | 918 | 44.5 | 1,583 | 32.7 | 36,954 | 14.7 |
| Trainee/not employed | 40,309 | 16.8 | 196 | 9.1 | 215 | 9.5 | 180 | 8.7 | 534 | 11.0 | 41,434 | 16.5 |
| Time absent from work in the last 12 months (n, %) | ||||||||||||
| None | 36,920 | 15.4 | 285 | 13.2 | 249 | 11.0 | 237 | 11.5 | 722 | 14.9 | 38,413 | 15.3 |
| < 3 months | 112,589 | 46.9 | 895 | 41.5 | 1,036 | 45.7 | 1,008 | 48.9 | 2,249 | 46.4 | 117,777 | 46.9 |
| 3–6 months | 25,381 | 10.6 | 348 | 16.1 | 359 | 15.8 | 291 | 14.1 | 637 | 13.1 | 27,016 | 10.8 |
| 6+ months | 28,809 | 12.0 | 445 | 20.6 | 420 | 18.5 | 346 | 16.8 | 770 | 15.9 | 30,790 | 12.3 |
| not employed | 36,112 | 15.1 | 182 | 8.4 | 203 | 9.0 | 179 | 8.7 | 468 | 9.7 | 37,144 | 14.8 |
| Diagnosis at rehabilitation entry (n, %) | ||||||||||||
| Skeletal system | 103,986 | 43.4 | 1,184 | 54.9 | 1,248 | 55.1 | 1,052 | 51.0 | 2,299 | 47.4 | 109,769 | 43.7 |
| Neoplasms | 46,810 | 19.5 | 155 | 7.2 | 306 | 13.5 | 280 | 13.6 | 669 | 13.8 | 48,220 | 19.2 |
| Circulatory system | 32,633 | 13.6 | 286 | 13.3 | 261 | 11.5 | 271 | 13.1 | 678 | 14.0 | 34,129 | 13.6 |
| Respiratory system | 8,438 | 3.5 | 66 | 3.1 | 41 | 1.8 | 69 | 3.3 | 175 | 3.6 | 8,789 | 3.5 |
| Other | 47,944 | 20.0 | 464 | 21.5 | 411 | 18.1 | 389 | 18.9 | 1,025 | 21.2 | 50,233 | 20.0 |
| Type of rehabilitation (n, %) | ||||||||||||
| Hospital follow-up | 87,735 | 36.6 | 728 | 33.8 | 719 | 31.7 | 697 | 33.8 | 1,737 | 35.8 | 91,616 | 36.5 |
| Not hospital follow-up | 152,076 | 63.4 | 1,427 | 66.2 | 1,548 | 68.3 | 1,364 | 66.2 | 3,109 | 64.2 | 159,524 | 63.5 |
| Assistance received in completing questionnaire (n, %) | ||||||||||||
| No | 228,963 | 95.5 | 937 | 43.5 | 1,413 | 62.3 | 1,112 | 54 | 3,613 | 74.6 | 236,038 | 94 |
| Yes | 10,848 | 4.5 | 1,218 | 56.5 | 854 | 37.7 | 949 | 46 | 1,233 | 25.4 | 15,102 | 6 |
| Overall satisfaction (n, %) | ||||||||||||
| High | 183,709 | 76.6 | 1,244 | 57.7 | 1,575 | 69.5 | 1,434 | 69.6 | 3,715 | 76.7 | 191,677 | 76.3 |
| Low/moderate | 56,102 | 23.4 | 911 | 42.3 | 692 | 30.5 | 627 | 30.4 | 1,131 | 23.3 | 59,463 | 23.7 |
| Self-rated performance before rehabilitation (n, %) | ||||||||||||
| Moderate/high | 98,567 | 37.5 | 679 | 31.5 | 693 | 30.6 | 733 | 35.6 | 1,806 | 37.3 | 93,939 | 37.4 |
| Low | 90,028 | 41.1 | 1,087 | 50.4 | 1,187 | 52.4 | 974 | 47.3 | 2,184 | 45.1 | 103,999 | 41.4 |
| Not stated | 51,216 | 21.4 | 389 | 18.1 | 387 | 17.1 | 354 | 17.2 | 856 | 17.7 | 53,202 | 21.2 |
| Subjective treatment outcome (n, %) | ||||||||||||
| Health/performance improved | 129,861 | 54.2 | 605 | 28.1 | 781 | 34.5 | 784 | 38.0 | 2,401 | 49.5 | 134,432 | 53.5 |
| Health/performance deteriorated or unchanged | 109,950 | 45.8 | 1,550 | 71.9 | 1,486 | 65.5 | 1,277 | 62.0 | 2,445 | 50.5 | 116,708 | 46.5 |
Note. SD standard deviation