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. 2019 Dec 10;19:1653. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7999-z

Table 1.

Overview of the selected measures and measurement points

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

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

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