RehabNytte

Specialized rehabilitation at private rehabilitation institutions

Project manager

Physiotherapist | PhD

Senior Researcher Rikke Helene Moe

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).

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