Evidence-based insurance medicine research group (ebim Research Group)

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1 Evidence-based insurance medicine research group (ebim Research Group) Health sciences, Occupation Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Staff members and applied researchers on Insurance Medicine Jac van der Klink, MD, PhD Dr. Jac J.L. van der Klink, occupational physician and psychologist, is professor of Occupational Medicine and head of the section of Community & Occupational Medicine of the Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen. He supervises research (PhD) projects in the field of work and health with a focus on healthy and sustainable work participation. He has an expert position on mental health at work and is an advocate of a shift in focus from disability and handicap to ability and participation. He is and has been a member or chairman of various committees in the areas of work, (mental) health and safety, and was involved in the training of occupational health and insurance medicine professionals and the development and authorisation of guidelines. He has chaired the committees that developed guidelines on mental health for occupational physicians and insurance physicians and he has been a member of the committees for general practitioners and other (para)medical professionals (a.o. psychiatrists and psychologists). Moreover, he is member of the health counsel and vice-president of the standard setting body for medical specialists. He is board member of the Knowledge Center of Social Insurance Medicine (KCVG) and involved in the development of a knowledge center for Private Insurance Medicine. Ute Bültmann, PhD Dr. Ute Bültmann is an associate professor at the Department of Health Sciences, Community & Occupational Medicine, of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen in The Netherlands. She holds a MSc in Health Science and a PhD in Epidemiology from Maastricht University in The Netherlands. Her research interests include the epidemiology of work and health, the impact of the psychosocial work environment on workers' health, including mental health, the measurement of health and functioning at work, the prevention of work disability, and stay-at-work processes. She is involved in collaborative research projects on sickness absence, return-to-work and stay-at-work in Denmark and Canada. Bültmann is an Adjunct Scientist at the Institute for Work & Health in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and a member of the Program Executive Committee and mentor in the Work Disability Prevention Strategic Training Program of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR). She is a member of the Social Security & Health section of the European Public Health Association (organizing the 2011 pre-conference on Challenges in comparative, epidemiological studies of sickness absence in Europe). Bültmann is a Rosalind Franklin Fellowship recipient of UMCG/University of Groningen, focusing on Mental health and work: Towards work disability prevention and a sustainable working life. Sandra Brouwer, PhD Dr. Sandra Brouwer is an assistant professor at the department of Health Sciences, Community & Occupational Medicine, of the University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands. She holds a MSc in Human Movement Sciences and a PhD in Medical Science. As a PhD student she conducted psychometric research in the field of low back pain disability and rehabilitation medicine on Functional Capacity Evaluations. Her research interests include labour market participation of vulnerable groups, i.e. the young disabled workers, older workers with chronic diseases, workers on long-term sick-leave and self-employed workers. Main topics: the assessment of work (dis-) ability, the identification of prognostic factors for sustainable return-to-work and healthy work participation. She works in close collaboration with professionals and stakeholders in the fields of insurance medicine and rehabilitation medicine. She is a board member of the Knowledge Center of Social Insurance Medicine (KCVG) and is appointed by the UMCG to lead the development of a knowledge center of the Private Insurance Medicine. 1

2 Jerry Spanjer, MD, PhD Dr. Jerry Spanjer is a Medical Doctor specialized in Insurance Medicine. He has worked for the Dutch Social Security Office for 22 years and combined disability assessments with research, teaching, development of new instruments and policymaking. He developed the Disability Assessment Structured Interview (DASI), an instrument which is now used in the regular education of all insurance physicians. Spanjer currently is combining his work as insurance physician with working as a senior-researcher at the Research Center for Insurance Medicine and teaches at the University in Groningen. His research interests: disability evaluation, delegating tasks to nurse practitioners, illness behaviour. Jan Buitenhuis, MD, PhD Dr. Jan Buitenhuis is a medical doctor, specialized in Insurance Medicine. He is a Registered Medical Adviser (RGA) in private Insurances and holds a PhD in Medical Science (2009). His PhD research consisted of four prospective cohort studies on psychological and other possible prognostic factors for recovery and return to work in patients with whiplash. He works as medical advisor for Univé Insurances and as lecturer and scientist at the Department of Health Sciences of the University Medical Center Groningen. He also teaches at the Netherlands School of Public and Occupational Health. He was member of the committee of the Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement CBO, that developed clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD), and of the whiplash committee of the Health Council of the Netherlands. He is member and treasurer of the organizing committees of the annual Dutch International Congress on Insurance Medicine (DICIM) and of the 2016 edition of the triennial congress of the International Committee for Insurance Medicine (ICLAM). He is member of several committees in the Dutch Society of Medical Officers in Private Insurances (GAV). In 2011 he was awarded the GAV 'Evert Bosch' price for his scientific achievements. He is appointed by the GAV to lead the development of the knowledge center for Private Insurance Medicine. His research interests focus on medical unexplained and cultural depended syndromes as well as the role of psychological factors like illness beliefs and expectations in recovery and return to work. Bert Cornelius is a practicing insurance physician at the Social Security Institute in the Netherlands. After obtaining his medical degree at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, he specialized and practiced temporarily as a general practitioner. He subsequently specialized in social medicine i.e. occupational and insurance health. He is currently a junior-researcher at the Research Center Insurance Medicine in the Netherlands and conducts a PhD research project at the department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. The research design is a prospective cohort study with one-year follow up on predictors of long term disability due to mental disorders. To date, he has authored one peer-reviewed publication. Other publications are underway. Bert Cornelius, MD, Msc 2

3 Selected relevant publication: Cornelius LR, van der Klink JJ, Groothoff JW, Brouwer S. Prognostic Factors of Long Term Disability Due to Mental Disorders: A Systematic Review. J Occup Rehabil Jun;21: Spanjer J, Krol B, Brouwer S, Popping R, Groothoff JW, Klink JJL van der. Reliability and validity of the Disability Assessment Structured Interview (DASI): a tool for assessing functional limitations in claimants. J Occup Rehabil, 2010;20(1): Brouwer S, Franche RL, Hogg-Johnson S, Lee H, Krause N, Shaw N. Return-to-Work Self-efficacy: Development and Validation of a Scale in Claimants with Musculoskeletal Disorder. J Occup Rehabil 2011;21(2):244. Brouwer S, Krol B, Reneman MF, Bültmann U, Franche RL, Klink JJL van der, Groothoff JW. Behavioral determinants as predictors of return to work after long-term sickness absence: An application of the Theory of Planned Behavior. J Occup Rehab. 2009;19(2): Brouwer S, Reneman MF, Bültmann U, Klink JJL van der, Groothoff JW. A prospective study of return to work across health conditions: perceived work attitude, self-efficacy and perceived social support. J Occup Rehabil 2010;20(10): Mei SF van der, Kuiper D, Groothoff JW, Heuvel WJA van den, Son WJ van, Brouwer S. Work disability patterns during the end-stage renal disease trajectory. (J Occup Rehabil, doi: /s ; 2011). Brouwer S, Reneman MF, Dijkstra PU, Groothoff JW, Schellekens JM, Goeken LN. Test-retest reliability of the Isernhagen Work Systems Functional Capacity Evaluation in patients with chronic low back pain. J Occup Rehabil. 2003; 13(4): Brouwer S, Dijkstra PU, Stewart RE, Goeken LN, Groothoff JW, Geertzen JH. Comparing self-report, clinical examination and functional testing in the assessment of work-related limitations in patients with chronic low back pain. Disabil Rehabil. 2005; 27(17): Kuijer W, Brouwer S, Reneman MF, Dijkstra PU, Groothoff JW, Schellekens JM, Geertzen JH. Matching FCE activities and work demands: an explorative study. J Occup Rehabil. 2006;16(3): Kuijer PPFM, Gouttebarge V, Brouwer S, Reneman MF, Frings-Dresen M. Are performance-based measures predictive of work participation in patients with musculoskeletal disorders? A systematic review. (accepted, Internat Arch Occup Environ Health, May 2011). Soer R, Schans van der CP, Geertzen JHB, Groothoff JW, Brouwer S, Dijkstra PU, Reneman MF. Normative Values for a Functional Capacity Evaluation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil Vol 90, October 2009 Spanjer J, Krol B, Popping R, Groothoff JW, Brouwer S. Disability assessment interview: the role of detailed information on functioning in addition to medical history-taking. J Rehabil Med. 2009; 41: Spanjer J, Krol B, Brouwer S, Popping R, Groothoff JW, van der Klink JJ. Reliability and validity of the Disability Assessment Structured Interview (DASI): a tool for assessing functional limitations in claimants. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation 2010; 20: Spanjer J, Krol B, Brouwer S, Groothoff JWG. Inter-rater reliability in disability assessment based on a structured interview report. Disability and Rehabilitation 2008;30: Spanjer J, Krol B, Brouwer S, Groothoff JWG. Sources of variation in work disability assessment. Work 2010;37:

4 Spanjer J, Brouwer S, Groothoff JW. Instruments to assess functional limitations in workers applying for disability benefit: a systematic review. Disability and rehabilitation 2011;33: Muijzer A, Groothoff JW, Geertzen JHB, Brouwer S. The assessment of efforts to return to work in the European Union. Eur J Publ Health 2010; 20 (6): Buitenhuis J, Spanjer S, and Fidler V. Recovery from acute whiplash: the role of coping styles. Spine 2003; 28(9): Buitenhuis J, Jaspers JPC, Fidler V. Can kinesiophobia predict the duration of neck symptoms in acute whiplash? Clinical Journal of Pain 2006 Mar-Apr;22(3): Buitenhuis J, de Jong PJ, Jaspers JPC, Groothoff JW. Relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and the course of whiplash complaints. J Psychosom Res 2006;61:681-9 Buitenhuis J, de Jong PJ, Jaspers JPC, Groothoff JW. Catastrophizing and causal attributions in Whiplash. Spine 2008, 33(22), Buitenhuis J, de Jong PJ., Jaspers JPC, Groothoff JW. Work disability after whiplash: a prospective cohort study. SPINE, 34(3), Buitenhuis J, de Jong PJ, Jaspers J, Kenardy J. Psychological aspects of whiplash associated disorders. In: Whiplash: evidence base for clinical practice. Michele Sterling PhD, Justin Kenardy PhD. Churchill Livingstone; (April 1, 2011), ISBN-10: Jaspers J, Buitenhuis J, Versteegen G, de Jong PJ. Psychological management of chronic whiplash associated disorders. In: Whiplash: evidence base for clinical practice. Michele Sterling PhD, Justin Kenardy PhD. Churchill Livingstone; (April 1, 2011), ISBN-10: Buitenhuis J, de Jong PJ. Fear avoidance and illness beliefs in post-traumatic neck pain. Submitted Flach, P., Groothoff, J.W., Krol, B., Bültmann, U. Factors associated with first return to work and sick leave durations in workers with common mental disorders. European Journal of Public Health, 2011 Aug 11 [Epub ahead of print] Koopmans, P.C., Bültmann, U., Roelen, C.A., Hoedeman, R., van der Klink, J.J., Groothoff, J.W. Recurrence of sickness absence due to common mental disorders. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2011, 84(2): Lagerveld, S.E., Bültmann, U., Franche, R.L., van Dijk, F.J., Vlasveld, M.C., van der Feltz-Cornelis, C.M., Bruinvels, D.J., Huijs, J.J., Blonk, R.W., van der Klink, J.J., Nieuwenhuijsen, K. Factors associated with work participation and work functioning in depressed workers: A systematic review. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 2010, 20(3): Bültmann, U., Sherson, D., Olsen, J., Lysbeck Hansen, C., Lund, T., Kilsgaard, J. Coordinated and tailored work rehabilitation: A randomized controlled trial with economic evaluation undertaken with workers on sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 2009; 19(1):81-93 Nieuwenhuijsen, K., Bültmann, U., Neumeyer-Gromen, A., Verhoeven, A.C., Verbeek, J.H.A.M., van der Feltz-Cornelis, C.M. Interventions to improve occupational health in depressed people. Cochrane Database Systematic Reviews, 2008; 16(2):CD Bültmann, U., Christensen, K.B., Burr, H., Lund T., Rugulies, R. Severe depressive symptoms as predictor of disability pension: a 10-year follow-up study in Denmark. European Journal of Public Health, 2008, 18(3):

5 Bültmann, U., Franche, R-L., Hogg-Johnson, S., Côté, P., Lee, H., Severin, C., Vidmar, M., Carnide, N. Health status, work limitations, and return-to-work trajectories in injured workers with musculoskeletal disorders. Quality of Life Research, 2007; 16(7): Bültmann, U., Rugulies, R., Lund, T., Christensen, K.B., Labriola, M., Burr, H. Depressive symptoms and the risk of long term sickness absence: A prospective study among 4747 employees in Denmark. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2006; 41(11): Koolhaas W, van der Klink JJ, Groothoff JW, Brouwer S. Towards a sustainable healthy working life: associations between chronological age, functional age and work outcomes. Eur J Public Health Mar 31. [Epub ahead of print] Noordik E, Nieuwenhuijsen K, Varekamp I, van der Klink JJ, J van Dijk F. Exploring the return-to-work process for workers partially returned to work and partially on long-term sick leave due to common mental disorders: a qualitative study. Disabil Rehabil. 2011;33(17-18): Epub 2010 Dec 20. Roelen CAM, Koopmans PC, Hoedeman R, Bültmann U, Groothoff JW, van der Klink JJL. Trends in the incidence of sickness absence due to common mental disorders between 2001 and 2007 in the Netherlands. Eur J Public Health Jul 6. [Epub ahead of print] Van der Klink JJL, Blonk RWB, Schene AH, van Dijk FJH. Reducing long-term sickness absence by an activating intervention in adjustment disorders: a cluster randomised controlled design. Occup Environ Med 2003; 60: Van der Klink JJL, Blonk RWB, Schene AH, van Dijk FJH. The Benefits of Interventions for Work Related Stress. Am J Public Health 2001; 91; Current Projects Underway ((PhD) projects relevant for Insurance Medicine): Predictors for long-term work disability due to mental disorders. Opportunities for participation in work of young disabled people receiving a disability pension: a prospective two-years cohort study. Assessment of efforts to return to work: development of an evidence-based protocol; Working with pain: Determinants of persons with non-specific chronic pain who stay at work despite pain. Dyslexia and Work Participation Predictive value of underwriting criteria for long-term work disability in the self-employed. The suitability of enterpreneurship associated with the probability of work disability in self-employed workers. Effectiveness of a Motivational Interviewing Training on Return-to-Work outcome. The effect of DASI interview training on insurance physicians in disability evaluation Insufficient therapy in disability pension claimants: how often does it happen and what are possible interventions for the insurance physician? Cochrane review on Return to work interventions for adjustment disorders Validation of the Dutch Work Role Functioning Questionnaire 5

6 Prevention of recurrent sickness absence among employees with common mental disorders: a clusterrandomised controlled trial with effectiveness, process and cost-benefit evaluations Predicting sickness absence days and episodes: validation of two prediction models A prospective study on adverse psychosocial working conditions and the risk of onset of severe depressive symptoms in a representative sample of the Danish workforce: Do effects differ by occupational grade? Sleep disturbances and fatigue: independent predictors of sickness absence? A prospective study among 6538 employees in Denmark Sickness absence and RTW in Sweden, Spain and The Netherlands: a comparative study Recurrence of sickness absence due to adjustment disorders: an 8-year longitudinal cohort study 6