The reproducibility of psychiatric evaluations of work disability: two reliability and agreement studies

• Published in: BMC psychiatry Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 205 - 15
• Main Authors: Kunz, Regina, von Allmen, David Y, Marelli, Renato, Hoffmann-Richter, Ulrike, Jeger, Joerg, Mager, Ralph, Colomb, Etienne, Schaad, Heinz J, Bachmann, Monica, Vogel, Nicole, Busse, Jason W, Eichhorn, Martin, Bänziger, Oskar, Zumbrunn, Thomas, de Boer, Wout E L, Fischer, Katrin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 03.07.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Agreements; Analysis; Clinical trials; Disability; Disability evaluation; Employment; Evidence-based medicine; Experts; Female; Humans; Interviews; Male; Medical research; Mental disorders; Mental Disorders - diagnosis; Mentally ill persons; Middle Aged; Observer Variation; Patients; Psychiatrists; Psychiatry; Psychiatry - methods; Ratings & rankings; Reproducibility; Reproducibility of Results; Retirement benefits; Return to work; Social security; Work capacity; Work Capacity Evaluation; Switzerland; Social security; Work capacity evaluation; Reproducibility of results; Observer variation; Evidence-based medicine; Disability evaluation; Return to work

Expert psychiatrists conducting work disability evaluations often disagree on work capacity (WC) when assessing the same patient. More structured and standardised evaluations focusing on function could improve agreement. The RELY studies aimed to establish the inter-rater reproducibility (reliabilit...