title: [A new scale for measuring return-to-work motivation of mentally ill employees].
abstract: A new scale "motivation for return to work" has been constructed to measure depressive patients' motivation to start working again in a stepwise process. The scale showed in 46 patients of a first case management (CM) sample with depressive employees a good correlation with the final social status of the CM. Only the motivated patients were successful returning to work and could be, separated clearly from the most demotivated one. Second, the scale correlated with the duration of sick leave and third showed an inverse correlation with the complete time of CM, suggesting that a successful stepwise return to work requires time. These first results need further examination.
authors.affiliation: Aus der Dr. von Ehrenwall'sche Klinik, Ahrweiler.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poersch
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005104:Expert Testimony; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011379:Prognosis; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018582:Sick Leave / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013997:Time Factors