Interviews for the assessment of long-term incapacity for work: a study on adherence to protocols and principles.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assessments for long-term incapacity for work are performed by Social Insurance Physicians (SIPs) who rely on interviews with claimants as an important part of the process. These interviews are susceptible to bias. In the Netherlands three protocols have been developed to conduct these interviews. These protocols are expert- and practice-based. We studied to what extent these protocols are adhered to by practitioners.

Methods

We compared the protocols with one another and with the ICF and the biopsychosocial approach. The protocols describe semi-structured interviews with comparable but not identical topics. All protocols prescribe that the client's opinion on his capacity for work, and his arguments, need to be determined and assessed. We developed a questionnair

SUBMITTER: de Boer WE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2698854 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature