Effects of a tailored multidisciplinary counselling intervention to support the adjustment process after a traumatic injury: a randomized controlled trial.
Julia Katharina HegySandra AbegglenVolker SchadeUlrike Hoffmann-RichterHansjoerg ZnojPublished in: Disability and rehabilitation (2021)
Our results suggest that a tailored counselling intervention has a modest long-term effect (d = 0.74) on negative feelings for mildly-to-moderately injured workers. However, future studies should evaluate the feasibility of this study's treatment approach.Implications for rehabilitationAccidents and the resulting injuries often cause a wide range of burdens including psychosocial and emotional distress as well as long-time sick leaves.Tailored counselling led to significant reductions of negative feelings in mildly-to-moderately injured workers over time.By showing that even conventional case management can have a beneficial effect on subjective wellbeing, the results of this study reaffirm the holistic biopsychosocial nature of injury rehabilitation.