RehabNytte
Specialized rehabilitation at private rehabilitation institutions
Project manager
ABOUT THE PROJECT
RehabNytte is a longitudinal multi-center study with 17 collaborating centers from all health regions. The overall goal of the project is to contribute to better and more effective rehabilitation services. This will be done by investigating the benefits patients get from rehabilitation, increasing knowledge about the degree and importance of user participation, investigating the effect on work participation, quality-assuring measurement instruments, and investigating the effect of introducing quality indicators on patients' health, function, and quality of life after rehabilitation.
The study will look into the following:
- What benefits do users get from rehabilitation?
- What does user participation in rehabilitation entail?
- How does rehabilitation affect work ability and work participation?
- Can quality indicators help us develop even better rehabilitation services?
- How can data quality of collected patient data and outcome measures help us in follow-up after rehabilitation?
- How do patient-reported outcome measures work in different rehabilitation populations?
The project consists of three work packages:
- Work package 1: User participation in the health service (project manager Rikke Helene Moe)
- Work package 2: Rehabilitation and work participation (project manager Till Uhlig)
- Work package 3: Quality and outcomes in rehabilitation (project manager Ingvild Kjeken)
WHO CAN JOIN?
Patients referred for rehabilitation at the participating institutions are asked to participate in the project. This includes patients who are undergoing rehabilitation regardless of their underlying illness.
Recruitment of participants has ended.
WHAT DOES THE STUDY INVOLVE?
Patients referred for rehabilitation at the participating institutions, regardless of underlying disease, were asked to participate. Those who agreed completed a questionnaire in a digital portal at the start and end of rehabilitation, and after 3, 6 and 12 months. In order to examine changes in work and benefit situations, registry data will also be retrieved from NAV on diagnosis, sickness benefits, work assessment benefits, disability pension and unemployment.
Just under 4,000 patients were recruited during the inclusion period.
The project is a collaboration between NKRR and the R&D network (VIRKE rehabilitation). Participating institutions are: Skogli Health and Rehabilitation Center AS, HLF Briskeby rehabilitation, Vikersund bad rehabilitation center, Røysumtunet rehabilitation center, Cato Center, Sørlandet rehabilitation center, Stamina Ringerike rehabilitation, Hernes Institute, NKS Health Center as, Montebellosenteret, Evjeklinikken, Ravneberghaugen, Åstveit health center, Red Cross Haugland rehabilitation center, Selli rehabilitation center, Muritunet, the training center in Finnmark. Other partners in the project are: The Joint Organization of the Disabled, the National Competence Service for Work-Related Rehabilitation (NKARR) and the Regional Competence Service for Rehabilitation Health Southeast (RKE).
PUBLICATIONS
Exploring differences in health-related benefit status in the year before, during and after specialist rehabilitation: a Norwegian case-control study. Skinnes MN, Uhlig T, Johansen T, Morvik HK, Farsund N, Fossen J, Skardal RF, Tollin G, Degirmenci AET, Habberstad A, Sexton J, Kollerud R, Kjeken I; RehabNytte Consortium; Wilkie R, Moe RH. BMJ Open. 2026 Jan 21;16(1):e105722. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105722. PMID: 41565335; PMCID: PMC12829395.
Measurement properties of the PROMIS-29 profile v2.1 in a Norwegian rehabilitation context. Rimehaug SA, Moe RH, Dagfinrud H, Fischer F, Johansen T, Kjeken I, Klokkerud M, Fossmo HL, Lyken AD, Kvalheim TR, Soldal S, Sand-Svartrud AL; RehabNytte Consortium. J Patient Rep Outcomes. 2025 Jul 31;9(1):98. doi: 10.1186/s41687-025-00929-7.PMID: 40742502
Impact of provider feedback on quality improvement in rehabilitation services: an interrupted time series analysis. Sand-Svartrud AL, Dagfinrud H, Fossen J, Framstad H, Irgens EL, Morvik HK, Sexton J, Moe RH, Kjeken I. Front Rehabil Sci. 2025 Mar 6;6:1564346. doi: 10.3389/fresc.2025.1564346. eCollection 2025. PMID: 40115421
Completeness of repeated patient-reported outcome measures in adult rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial in a diverse clinical population. Sand-Svartrud AL, Kjeken I, Skardal RF, Gjerset GM, Johnsen TJ, Lyken AD, Dagfinrud H, Moe RH. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec 24;24(1):1648. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-12103-8. PMID: 39716127
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Sagen JS, Kjeken I, Habberstad A, Linge AD, Simonsen AE, Lyken AD, Irgens EL, Framstad H, Lyby PS, Klokkerud M, Dagfinrud H, Moe RH; RehabNytte Consortium. J Clin Med. 2024 Jan 6;13(2):320. doi: 10.3390/jcm13020320. PMID: 38256454 Free PMC article. |
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Work Ability in the Year after Rehabilitation-Results from the RehabNytte Cohort. Skinnes MN, Moe RH, Johansen T, Lyby PS, Dahl K, Eid I, Fagertun TC, Habberstad A, Johnsen TJ, Kjeken I, Klokkerud M, Linge AD, Lyken AD, Orpana A, Rajalahti T, Wilkie R, Uhlig T, On Behalf Of The RehabNytte Consortium. J Clin Med. 2023 Nov 29;12(23):7391. doi: 10.3390/jcm12237391. PMID: 38068445 Free PMC article. |
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Garratt A, Sagen J, Børøsund E, Varsi C, Kjeken I, Dagfinrud H, Moe RH. BMC Musculoskeletal Disord. 2022 Jun 9;23(1):556. doi: 10.1186/s12891-022-05514-3. PMID: 35676674 Free PMC article. |
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Sagen JS, Smedslund G, Simonsen AE, Habberstad A, Kjeken I, Dagfinrud H, Moe RH. BMJ Open Qual. 2023 Jun;12(2):e002309. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002309. PMID: 37369560 Free PMC article. |
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Sagen J, Børøsund E, Simonsen AE, Habberstad A, Kjeken I, Dagfinrud H, Moe RH. BMC Musculoskeletal Disord. 2022 Aug 2;23(1):738. doi: 10.1186/s12891-022-05678-y. PMID: 35915435 Free PMC article. |