TY - JOUR
T1 - Evidence needs, training demands, and opportunities for knowledge translation in social security and insurance medicine
T2 - A European survey
AU - Kunz, Regina
AU - Verbel, Adrian
AU - Weida-Cuignet, Rebecca
AU - Hoving, Jan L.
AU - Weinbrenner, Susanne
AU - Friberg, Emilie
AU - Klipstein, Andreas
AU - Van Haecht, Christiaan
AU - Autti-Rämö, Ilona
AU - Agosti, Nadine
AU - Vargas-Prada, Sergio
AU - Kneepkens, Robert
AU - Lindenger, Gert
AU - de Boer, Wout
AU - Schaafsma, Frederieke G.
N1 - Copyright: This record is sourced from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
PY - 2021/4/12
Y1 - 2021/4/12
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To perform a European survey of the evidence needs and training demands of insurance medicine professionals related to professional tasks and evidence-based practice. DESIGN: International survey. SUBJECTS: Professionals working in insurance medicine. METHODS: Experts designed an online questionnaire including 26 questions related to 4 themes: evidence needs; training demands; evidence-seeking behaviour; and attitudes towards evidence-based medicine. Descriptive statistics were presented by country/conference and the total sample. RESULTS: A total of 782 participants responded. Three-quarter of participants experienced evidence needs at least once a week, related to mental disorders (79%), musculoskeletal disorders (67%) and occupational health (65%). Guidelines (76%) and systematic reviews (60%) were the preferred types of evidence and were requested for assessment of work capacity (64%) and prognosis of return-to-work (51%). Evidence-based medicine was thought to facilitate decision-making in insurance medicine (95%). Fifty-two percent of participants felt comfortable finding, reading, interpreting, and applying evidence. Countries expressed similar needs for reviews on typical topics. CONCLUSION: This study reveals evidence gaps in key areas of insurance medicine, supporting the need for further research, guidelines and training in evidence-based insurance medicine. Importantly, insurance medicine professionals should recognize that evidence-based practice is crucial in producing high-quality assessments.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To perform a European survey of the evidence needs and training demands of insurance medicine professionals related to professional tasks and evidence-based practice. DESIGN: International survey. SUBJECTS: Professionals working in insurance medicine. METHODS: Experts designed an online questionnaire including 26 questions related to 4 themes: evidence needs; training demands; evidence-seeking behaviour; and attitudes towards evidence-based medicine. Descriptive statistics were presented by country/conference and the total sample. RESULTS: A total of 782 participants responded. Three-quarter of participants experienced evidence needs at least once a week, related to mental disorders (79%), musculoskeletal disorders (67%) and occupational health (65%). Guidelines (76%) and systematic reviews (60%) were the preferred types of evidence and were requested for assessment of work capacity (64%) and prognosis of return-to-work (51%). Evidence-based medicine was thought to facilitate decision-making in insurance medicine (95%). Fifty-two percent of participants felt comfortable finding, reading, interpreting, and applying evidence. Countries expressed similar needs for reviews on typical topics. CONCLUSION: This study reveals evidence gaps in key areas of insurance medicine, supporting the need for further research, guidelines and training in evidence-based insurance medicine. Importantly, insurance medicine professionals should recognize that evidence-based practice is crucial in producing high-quality assessments.
KW - disability evaluation
KW - evidence-based practice
KW - guidelines
KW - quality assurance
KW - return to work
KW - social security
KW - surveys and questionnaires
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2821
DO - https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2821
M3 - Article
C2 - 33778897
SN - 1650-1977
VL - 53
SP - jrm00179
JO - Journal of rehabilitation medicine
JF - Journal of rehabilitation medicine
IS - 4
ER -