Publications by authors named "Jan M Elling"
Article Synopsis
- Most caregivers in Germany are unpaid relatives who balance care duties with their jobs, which can negatively impact their health.
- Working caregivers report more physical and psychological health issues than their non-caregiving peers.
- There is a need for health promotion interventions to support working caregivers and address their health concerns.
Objective: Comprehensive psychological support is a distinctive feature of vocational retraining centers, pivotal in stabilizing the health of the rehabilitants, reducing dropout rates and facilitating return to work. For optimal resource planning within the vocational retraining centers, and thereby ensuring the best possible psychological support during vocational rehabilitation, it is crucial to be able to estimate the number of appointments of the rehabilitants in advance. Even though routine data is available, predictions using regression analysis have not been undertaken previously.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Vocational retraining centers in Germany provide retraining for adults who are unable to continue their previous occupation due to health conditions. In addition to education and training, the centers provide support services, including the psychological service that assists rehabilitees in maintaining or regaining their mental stability. This study investigated which socio-demographic, health-related, and rehabilitation-related factors are associated with return to work (RTW) and examined the use of the psychological service and its association with RTW.
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- Retraining programs in vocational rehabilitation often lack physical activity, which can lead to a decline in functional capacity; the "WORKout-app" aims to address this issue by providing tailored exercise plans.
- The study aims to assess the app's impact on work ability, self-efficacy, sick leave days, and return to work through a randomized trial involving 598 participants across multiple rehabilitation centers in Germany.
- Results will help researchers and practitioners understand the effectiveness of app-based exercise in enhancing rehabilitation outcomes and promoting a successful return to work.
Background: The aim of this study is to develop and assess usability of a web-based patient-tailored tool to support adherence to urate-lowering therapy (ULT) among gout patients in a clinical setting.
Methods: The content of the tool was based on the Integrated Change (I-Change) model. This model combines various socio-cognitive theories and assumes behavioral change is a result of becoming aware of the necessity of change by integrating pre-motivational, motivational, and post-motivational factors.
Objectives: Many tobacco and related products (TRPs) are less strictly regulated and marketed as less harmful than cigarettes. Little is known about their awareness, use, user profile, use behavior, reasons for use and risk perception, especially for the newest products. In an exploratory survey study among Dutch adolescents and adults, we have investigated three examples of non-cigarette TRPs available on the worldwide market.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is an ongoing debate whether electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) should be advocated for smoking cessation. Because of this uncertainty, information about the use of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation is usually not provided in governmental smoking cessation communications. However, there is an information need among smokers because despite this uncertainty, e-cigarettes are used by many smokers to reduce and quit tobacco smoking.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Tobacco smoking may increase susceptibility to and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This information may influence smoking cessation related beliefs in smokers.
Methods: Online questionnaires were answered from 26 March to 3 April 2020 in the Netherlands by 340 smokers willing to quit smoking.