presentations congress Maastricht 2018
Thursday 4th October 2018
PLENARY SESSION
Welcome Address – Gert Lindenger, MD, President of EUMASS, SE
The position of the insurance physician in social security – mr. Jo De Cock, CEO of the National Institute of Health and Disability Insurance, BE
Bridging research and practice: an European perspective – prof. dr. Angelique De Rijk, NL
Uniting work and health in return-to-work programs for people with mental health problems – prof. dr. Silje Endresen Reme, NO
How to measure and monitor harm to patients in healthcare organisations? – prof. dr. Philippe Michel, FR
Medical judgment and cognitive pitfalls – prof. dr. Johan Braeckman, BE
Workshop 1 – Indicator based performance measurement in European countries
An integrated tool for evaluating the French mandatory quality indicators used for hospital improvement, public disclosure and regulation: development and test results – prof. dr. Philippe Michel, FR
Indicator based Performance Measurement in German Hospitals – dr. Klaus Doebler, DE
Indicator based Performance Measurement in England – dr. Keiko Toma, GB
Workshop 2 – How to read a Cochrane Review
How to read a Cochrane Review – ass. prof. dr. Jan Hoving, NL, Emilie Friberg, PhD, SE, prof. dr. Regina Kunz, CH, dr. Adrian Verbel, CH
Parallel session – German – Implementation of Evidence-based Rehabilitation.Strategies for improving Return to Work
Effectiveness of Graded Return to Work after Multimodal Rehabilitation in Patients with Mental Disorders. A Propensity Score Analysis – dr. Marco Streibelt, DE
The return to work status one year after vocational retraining as a proxy variable for long term income trajectories? – dr. Christian Hetzel, DE
From evidence to practice: improving work participation outcomes by work-related medical rehabilitation in patients with chronic musculoskeletal diseases – prof. dr. Matthias Bethge, DE
Diagnostic Accuracy of a Screening Instrument predicting future RTW chance of Patients with chronic diseases. Overview of the existing Evidence – dr. Marco Streibelt, DE
Implementing the German model of work-related medical rehabilitation: Did the dose delivered of work-related treatment components increase? – prof. dr. Matthias Bethge, DE
Parallel session – Disability evaluation and management
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Treatment Outcomes- dr. Trang Nguyen, US, David Charles Randolph MD, PhD, US
Return to work in patients undergoing SCS implantation for chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis – prof. dr. Maarten Moens, BE
A practical guide to evaluate adults with Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD) I/II in insurance medicine – dr. Peter De Mulder, BE
Differences in self-rated and assessed limitations between patients with MUPS and other diseases – drs. Kristel Weerdesteijn, NL
Evaluation of inter-rater reliability among physicians performing an activity ability assessment – Pål Lindström, MD, SE
Parallel session – Cancer and work
Current knowledge on the impact of cancer and work in self-employed: a systematic literature review – Evelien Philips, PhD candidate, BE
Supporting employers during return-to-work of employees with cancer; development of an online intervention using the Intervention Mapping approach – prof. dr. Angelique De Rijk, NL (no permission for publication)
Factors of importance for work (dis)ability during the two years after breast cancer surgery? – a content analysis of women’s open answers – ass. prof. dr. Agneta Wennman-Larsen, SE
A mimic randomised controlled trial to evaluate a hospital-based return-to-work intervention for breast cancer patients – Huguette Désiron, PhD, OT
Women’s experiences of encounters related to work with healthcare after breast cancer surgery and its association with sickness absence; a prospective two-year follow up – Mirkka Söderman, PhD student, SE
Parallel session – Musculoskeletal diseases
Chronic musculoskeletal pain, depression/anxiety, and disability pension: a common liability behind? – Jurgita Narusyte, PhD, dr., SE
Evaluations of the project «Rapid Return to Work». A controlled cohort study and three-year follow-up for persons with musculoskeletal and minor mental disorders – Dag Brekke, MD, PhD, NO
Inpatient multidisciplinary occupational rehabilitation reduces sickness absence in patients with common musculoskeletal complaints and mental disorders: a randomised clinical trial – Sigmund Gismervik, MD, NO
Effect and costs of an intensive return to work program for patients with recent sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders – drs. Nico Wolter, NL, Wiesje van de Wetering, MD, NL
Parallel session – Training in insurance medicine
Developing practice-oriented education in insurance medicine and student-centered learning activities in real-life social security settings – Karen Walseth Hara, MD, NO
Evaluation of a training in ‘Disability assessment in patients without objective findings’ – Jerry Spanjer, MD, PhD, NL
Implementation of the Disability Management training program in Belgium: steps taken – dr. Saskia Decuman, BE
Feasibility of the training programme ‘Acquired Brain Injury and Return to Work’ for Insurance Physicians – Birgit Donker-Cools, MD, MSc, NL
Solution-focused communication skills training in sickness absence counselling of sick-listed workers without an employment contract – dr. Jolanda Van Rijssen, NL
Parallel session – DICIM/VG DAGEN – Disability evaluation and management
The puzzle of functional disorders: history, controversies and current science – ass. prof. dr. Ian Baguley, AU
Personal factors and their relevance for Rehabilitation Medicine – Wolfgang Seger, DE
Workshop 3 – The influence of negative perceptions about work and health on the return to work of workers with mental health problems
Interventions to reduce sickness absence in depressed people – Negative perceptions about return to work in sick-listed unemployed and temporary agency workers with psychological problems – dr. Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, PhD, NL – Yvonne Suijkerbuijk, MD, PhD, NL
Workshop 4 – Cochrane Insurance Medicine (CIM) and EUMASS
Cochrane Insurance Medicine (CIM) and EUMASS
- CIM and EUMASS: How can insurance physicians benefit – ass. prof. dr. Jan Hoving, NL
- Knowledge Translation – dr. Adrian Verbel, CH, prof. dr. Regina Kunz, CH
- Alert system/Push service – Frederieke Schaafsma, MD, PhD, NL, Rob Kok, MD, PhD, NL
Parallel session – Return to work
The impact of motivation in return to work after work disability – Charlotte Vanovenberghe, BE
Motivational interviewing in long-term sick absence: design of a randomized controlled trial with mixed methods – Vegard Foldal, PhD, NO
Does evidence-based knowledge impact Swedish Government policy of return-to-work? – Jan Lidhard, former special advisor, SE
Sickness absentees’ experiences of encounters with and health care; differences between women and men – ass. prof. dr. Emilie Friberg, SE
The labour market trajectories of individuals experiencing medical incapacity to work in Belgium – Esmeralda Gerritse, BEc, MEc, BE (no permission for publication)
Parallel session – Disability evaluation and management
Multi-stakeholder dialogue for priority setting in research – dr. Saskia Decuman, BE
Exploring the construct ‘inability to work full time’: a qualitative study from the physician and patient perspective – drs. Henk-Jan Boersema, NL (no permission for publication)
The transition from acute to chronic pain: from a physiological and clinical perspective – impact on workability – mr. Thomas Lundeberg, SE
Measurement of Pain in patients undergoing ability to work assessment – a gender perspective – mr. Thomas Lundeberg, SE
Insight into the most important person-related factors for work participation of employees with health problems according to occupational and insurance physicians – drs. Mariska De Wit, NL (no permission for publication)
Parallel session – Mental disorders and work
Working with depression is experienced as a constant balancing act that includes presenteeism – prof. dr. Angelique De Rijk, NL (no permission for publication)
Psychosocial Work Potential in Patients with Common Mental Disorders – A Comparison before and after Cognitive Behaviour Therapy – Birgitta Hansson, MSc, SE (no permission for publication)
Trajectories of work disability and unemployment among young adults with common mental disorders – Magnus Helgesson, PhD, SE
The relation between work motivation and work outcomes in people with severe mental illness – drs. Miljana Vukadin, NL (no permission for publication)
Sickness absence among patients with Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and co-morbidity – Aikaterini Trantou, MD, specialist in psychiatry, SE
Parallel session – Monitoring healthcare
Comparisons of All-Cause Mortality of NSAIDs vs. Opiates and Adjuvants: A Historical Cohort Study – David Charles Randolph, MD, PhD, US
Accompaniment to the mastery of prescription OMALYZUMAB in Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur and Corsica in 2017 – dr. Jean-Louis Cornille, MCR, DRSM, FR
Support in the practice of the physiotherapy for the dependent elderly in institutions – Marie-Christine Banide, MD, FR
Renting a Knee Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) can shorten or prevent post -surgery rehabilitation stay – Claire Jahier, PhD, FR
Parallel session – Vocational rehabilitation
Promoting sustainable return to work: Towards a biopsychosocial and occupation-specific job matching tool for vocational rehabilitation of persons with spinal cord injury – Marina Nützi, MSc, CH
Do granted rehabilitation benefits have effect on later disability after vocational rehabilitation? – Hans Beck, MD, IS
Let’s WORQ: The value of the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ) in return to work trajectories – Katrien Vermeulen, BE, Ellen Roels, MD, NL, prof. dr. Dominique Van de Velde, BE
Improved expectations about length of sick leave during occupational rehabilitation is associated with increased work participation – dr. Lene Aasdahl, NO
Might goal-focused group-based intervention within the Norwegian Welfare Organisation improve return to work? – prof. dr. Nils Fleten, NO
Parallel session – DICIM/VG DAGEN – Sick leave certification & Ethical dilemmas in insurance medicine
Low back pain: Challenges and Promising new directions – prof. dr. Han Anema, NL
When honesty is not the best policy: Symptom Validity test and quality of narratives in the assessment of malingering – drs. Irena Boskovic, NL
Friday 5th October 2018
PLENARY SESSION
Gender aspects in insurance medicine – prof. dr. Gunnel Hensing, SE
Removing barriers from work and societal participation in older ages. How far can we go? – ass. prof. dr. Despina Gherman, RO
Utilization of big data to assess the effectiveness of changes in sickness insurance legislation on work participation – prof. dr. Eira Viikari-Juntura, FI
Employer practices and policies to manage and prevent disability – ass. prof. dr. William Shaw, US
Workshop 5 – Strengths, Limitations, and Potential Applications of the Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery
Issues in Development, Validation, and Implementation of the Work Disability-Functional Assessment Battery: Mental Health Scales – Elizabeth Marfeo, PhD, MPH, US
A comprehensive and efficient functional assessment instrument: The Work Disability-Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB) – dr. Leighton Chan, US- Julia Porcino, MSc, US
Evidence of Validity and Future Directions for Implementation of the Work Disability-Functional Assessment Battery: Physical Function Scales – ass. prof. dr. Christine McDonough, US
Implementation of the WD-FAB in the field of assessment of work disability in Belgium: a feasibility study – dr. Saskia Decuman, BE
Workshop 6 – The reliability of medical assessments
Interrater agreement in the evaluation of disability: findings from a systematic review – prof. dr. Regina Kunz, CH
Training psychiatrists in functional interviewing: Experience from the RELY studies – Wout De Boer, MD, PhD, NL
Reporting activity limitations: IFAP, the Instrument of Functional Assessment in Psychiatry and training needs – David von Allmen, PhD, CH (no permission for publication)
The reliability of real-life work disability evaluations using the functional approach: The RELY studies – prof. dr. Regina Kunz, CH
Parallel session – Return to work – A
Objectively assessed exposure to shift work characteristics and short sickness absence: a registry study of hospital employees – ass. prof. dr. Annina Ropponen, FI (no permission for publication)
A web-based intervention to promote application for medical rehabilitation: results of a randomized controlled trial – Katja Spanier, MA, DE
Online programs for employees with a chronic health condition to improve work participation – Iris De Putter, MSc, NL
A dialogue-based workplace intervention – social insurance officials’ and RTW coordinators’ experiences – Marine Sturesson, PhD, SE (no permission for publication)
Returning to work after long-term incapacity: Face-to-face surveys by a health insurance fund – Michael Callens, director of the R&D department, BE
Parallel session – Disability evaluation and management
Anatomy of professional discretion in social security medicine – Hans Magnus Solli, MD, PhD, NO
Assessment of prognosis by physicians working in the field of disability evaluation: a qualitative study – ass. prof. dr. Jan Hoving, NL
Updating the Evidence on Functional Capacity Evaluation Methods: A Systematic Review – Stijn De Baets, PhD Student, BE
Key factors to elicit claimants’ perceived fairness in the disability evaluation – Regine Lohss, MSc, CH (no permission for publication)
Current challenges and the need for functioning-based documentation in work-related assessments of the Swiss accident insurance: A stakeholder analysis – Barbara Schiffmann, MSc, CH
Parallel session – Sick leave certification
Physician’s work with sickness certification in Sweden – prof. dr. Kristina Alexanderson, SE
Sick leave certifications in Saxony. A retrospective analysis of routine data of the Medical Service of German Statutory Health Insurance – dr. Thomas Petzold, DE
An analysis of long-term sick leave in Slovenia – dr. Tomaž Čakš, SI
Governance of the sickness certification process in health care – Britt Arrelöv, MD, PhD, SE
Management of sick-leave patients through a preliminary questionnaire to save medical resources – François Latil, MD, FR
Parallel session – Return to work – Employer’s perspective
Beyond medical treatment after minor motor vehicle crash injury: perceptions of insurance company case managers – dr. Maurizio Trippolini, CH
Optimization and validation of Weer-Werk, a return-to-work program including Disability Case Management – Sanne Van Craeyevelt, PhD, BE
The use of a dialogue-based work place intervention (ADA+) for return to work – from employer perspectives – Therese Eskilsson, PhD, SE (no permission for publication)
Employers’ return to work experience of employees with cancer: A complex communicative pathway – dr. Corine Tiedtke, BE
Perceived employer-related barriers and facilitators for work participation of cancer survivors: a systematic review of employers’ and survivors’ perspectives – prof. dr. Angelique De Rijk, NL
Parallel session – Return to work – B
Restoring confidence in working life – experiences of supportive guidance in the return to work process after stress-related exhaustion – Maria Strömbäck, PhD, SE
Return to work in patients with Exhaustion Disorder. Behind the scenes – prof. dr. Ingibjörg Jonsdottir, SE (no permission for publication)
Development and evaluation of a care pathway to support return to work of employees with burnout – dr. Charlotte Lambreghts, BE
International comparison of work capacity evaluation in a social security setting – Johan Sengers, MSc, NL
Biopsychosocial predictors and trajectories of work participation after occupational rehabilitation of participants with mental and somatic disorders. A cohort study – Karen Walseth Hara, MD, NO
Parallel session – DICIM/VG DAGEN – BIG data & Interaction between healthcare and disability evaluation
Big Data and the Future of Insurance Medicine – dr. Nicky Hekster, NL
Small fiber neuropathy: from symptoms to treatment – dr. Janneke Hoeijmakers, NL
Workshop 7 – Neuromodulation and participation of the Belgian medical advisor in the therapeutic process & ethical principles in social insurance medicine.
Neuro-Pain: nationwide implementation of a digital platform for multidisciplinary screening, treatment and long-term follow-up of chronic pain patients – prof. dr. Guy Hans, BE
Reintegration and chronic pain: will it work? – Lisa Bernaerts, psychologist. BE
A medical ethics for social security having patient’s welfare and social justice as goals – Hans Magnus Solli, MD, PhD, NO
Workshop 8 – Evidence-based medical evaluations
Evidence-based medical assessment in insurance medicine: Vision or declared goal? – prof. dr. Regina Kunz, CH, ass. prof. dr. Jan Hoving, NL, Regine Lohss, MSc, CH
Parallel session – Return to work
A Telephone based coaching for long term of sick leave patients – François Latil, MD, FR
Symptom diagnoses in the sickness certificate predict lower quality of the sick leave process. A retrospective study of medical records in Sweden – Karin Starzmann, MD, SE
Tackling fraud against the health insurance system – dr. Magali Percot Pédrono, FR
Early workplace dialogue in physiotherapy practice improved work ability at long-term follow-up – WorkUp a randomised controlled trial in primary care (Clinical trial NCT02609750) – Charlotte Post Sennehed, RPT, PhD student, SE
Reasonable accomodation in the workplace in Italy: new policy and role of Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL) – dr. Christina Dal Pozzo, IT
Parallel session – Disability evaluation and management
Predicting future changes in work ability of individuals receiving a disability benefit: longitudinal analysis of self-reported and registration data – drs. Ilse Louwerse, NL
High levels of sick leave and disability pension during the 5 years before spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage – prof. dr. Elisabeth Ronne-Engstrom, SE
Who returns to work after a coronary heart disease event? Results from the EUROASPIRE IV study – dr. Joy Van de Cauter, BE
Interventions to promote work participation after ischaemic stroke: a systematic review – prof. dr. Raf Brouns, BE
Work disability and quality of life in Romanian patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) – Roxana Elena Mirica, MD, PhD, Assistant Lecturer, RO
Parallel session – Sick leave risks
Does sick leave due to mental disorders increase the risk of mortality and morbidity: a prospective twin study? – dr. Lisa Mather, SE
Sleep disturbances as risk factors for future sickness absence – ass. prof. dr. Pia Svedberg, SE
The Quickscan to Assess Risk of Long-Term Sickness Absence: A Cross-Sectional Validation Study – Kaat Goorts, PhD student, BE
Type of employment and sickness absence: a prospective Swedish twin study – Björg Helgadóttir, PhD, SE
Predictors for long-term sickness absence in self-employed – Femke Abma, PhD, NL(no permission for publication)
Parallel session – Monitoring healthcare
Overuse of surgery: acting for pertinence – dr. Philippe Perez, FR
Focusing of financial medical auditing in Slovenia – Jana Mrak, MD, MSc, SI
Confraternal talks impact with general practitioners on the prescription for older adults – dr. Valérie Mauillon, FR
Medical care following hospitalization for a first acute heart failure episode in 2016 in Paris and its suburbs – dr. Michel Marty, FR
Parallel session – BIG data
The use of the French National Health Insurance (NHI) database to perform studies in real-world: an example with the kidney cancer – dr. Nadine Demare, FR
Improve the access to the rights: about the recognition in occupational disease of the cancers of bladder – dr. Martine Morvan, FR
Musculoskeletal disorders and work capacity in Portuguese navy – dr. Moisés Alexandre dos Santos Henriques, PT
Medical care complaints: analysis of a Belgian sickness fund – dr. Katrien Mortelmans, BE
Parallel session – DICIM/VG DAGEN – Interaction between healthcare and disability evaluation & Ethical dilemmas in insurance medicine
The societal effects of trauma – prof. dr. Martin Poeze, NL
The excess of empathy. The importance of indifference in modern society and social relationships – prof. dr. Ignaas Devisch, BE
Saturday 6th October 2018
Asthma and exposure to irritants in the workplace: occupational asthma or work-exacerbated asthma? – prof. dr. Benoit Nemery, BE
Insurance medicine: contributions to external quality assurance – prof. dr. Johannes Giehl, DE
Evidence based insurance medicine in EUMASS countries: a state-of-the-art survey – dr. Ilona Autti-Rämö, FI
Science and practice: a two-way traffic – prof. dr. Sandra Brouwer, NL
EUMASS President’s Report – Gert Lindenger, MD, President of EUMASS, SE