Preferences regarding the way of use and design of a work ability prognosis support tool: a focus group study among professionals

Figures & data

Table 1. Overview of focus group topics.

Topics for IPs and LEs

Preferred way of use of the work ability prognosis support tool Moment of use during the medical disability assessment Before the interview with the claimant (when preparing for the interview) During the interview with the claimant (real-time interaction with the claimant) After the interview with the claimant (to verify or falsify own evaluation) Reasons for non-use: situations in which the prediction model and the work ability prognosis support tool might not be informative Preferable design of the work ability prognosis support tool Way of presenting the outcome of the prediction model, e.g., on a continuous scale or dividing claimants into categories Presenting additional information on the uncertainty of the outcome of the prediction model, e.g., by showing confidence interval or a larger number of categories

Figure 1. Part of the coding tree of the thematic analysis.