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

T Rosburg, R Kunz, B Trezzini, U Schwegler, J Jeger - BMC psychiatry, 2021 - Springer
Objective Insurers frequently commission medical experts to estimate the degree of the
remaining work capacity (RWC) in claimants for disability benefits. The social functioning …

Use of a structured functional evaluation process for independent medical evaluations of claimants presenting with disabling mental illness: rationale and design for a …

M Bachmann, W de Boer, S Schandelmaier, A Leibold… - BMC psychiatry, 2016 - Springer
Background Work capacity evaluations by independent medical experts are widely used to
inform insurers whether injured or ill workers are capable of engaging in competitive …

Aspects of functioning and environmental factors in medical work capacity evaluations of persons with chronic widespread pain and low back pain can be represented …

U Schwegler, J Anner, C Boldt, A Glässel, V Lay… - BMC Public Health, 2012 - Springer
Background Medical work capacity evaluations play a key role in social security schemes
because they usually form the basis for eligibility decisions regarding disability benefits …

Digitally Assisted Standard Diagnostics in Insurance Medicine (DASDIM): psychometric data in psychiatric work disability evaluations

T Rosburg, G Deuring, G Ebner, V Hauch… - Disability and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Insurers often commission psychiatric experts to evaluate the eligibility of workers
with mental disorders for disability benefits, by estimating their residual work capacity …

Assement of incapacity to work and the mini-ICF-APP

B Habermeyer, S Kaiser, W Kawohl, E Seifritz - neuropsychiatrie, 2017 - Springer
Objective According to recent recommendations the Mini-ICF Rating for Limitations of
Activities and Participation in Psychological Disorders (Mini-ICF-APP) should be used in the …

The reproducibility of psychiatric evaluations of work disability: two reliability and agreement studies

R Kunz, DY von Allmen, R Marelli, U Hoffmann-Richter… - BMC psychiatry, 2019 - Springer
Background Expert psychiatrists conducting work disability evaluations often disagree on
work capacity (WC) when assessing the same patient. More structured and standardised …

Content validation of a practice-based work capacity assessment instrument using ICF core sets

JH Sengers, FI Abma, L Wilming… - Journal of Occupational …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose A shift from providing long-term disability benefits to promoting work reintegration of
people with remaining work capacity in many countries requires new instruments for work …

Psychological capacity limitations according to Mini-ICF-APP are differently related with sick leave in patients from different professional fields

B Muschalla - Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Up to 29% of the working population suffer from (chronic) mental disorders and
work disability. As different professions pose different psychological capacity demands, one …

Assessment of capacity impairment in patients with mental disorders by routine clinical assessment and by structured assessment with the Mini-ICF-APP

B Muschalla, KJ Poguntke, M Linden - Psychopathology, 2019 - karger.com
Background: Physicians and therapists are also consulted to give judgments on working
ability. Ability to work cannot simply be derived from the patient's symptom status but from …

Applying the ICF in disability evaluation: a report based on clinical experience

J Jeger, B Trezzini, U Schwegler - Handbook of vocational rehabilitation …, 2014 - Springer
Transparent and objective disability evaluation is particularly challenging in the case of
mental disorders. The application of the Mini-ICF-APP, an ICF-based assessment tool …