The assessment of capacity limitations in psychiatric work disability evaluations by the social functioning scale Mini-ICF-APP.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Insurers frequently commission medical experts to estimate the degree of the remaining work capacity (RWC) in claimants for disability benefits. The social functioning scale Mini-ICF-APP allows for a rating of activity and participation limitations in thirteen capacity domains, considered as particularly relevant for work ability. The current study sought to evaluate the role of the Mini-ICF-APP ratings in psychiatric work disability evaluations, by examining how the capacity limitation ratings varied with the claimants' primary psychiatric diagnoses and how the ratings were related to RWC estimates.

Methods

Medical experts estimated the RWC of 946 claimants with mental disorders and rated their activity and participation limitations using the Mini-ICF-APP, with hi

SUBMITTER: Rosburg T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8485557 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature