Rehabilitation facilities' research needs and knowledge transfer in Southwest Germany: Data of the REHA-KNOWS study

The REHA-KNOWS study was conducted to identify research needs, to explore attitudes and barriers towards health services research as well as to investigate knowledge transfer strategies in rehabilitation facilities in Southwest Germany. We designed a short online survey with 18 questions. From March to May 2023, we surveyed representatives of rehabilitation facilities in two German Federal States (Baden-Wuerttemberg and Saarland) using an online questionnaire provided via Unipark(Ⓡ). The dataset contains all responses from n=88 individuals. We applied a list-based sampling approach and contacted n=206 rehabilitation facilities in total. Data collection started on March 2(nd) and the last response was received on May 2(nd). As this sampling strategy allows multiple answers per facility, we applied an anonymized coding system to identify the affiliation of each respondent. In total, the 88 responses come from 74 centers. The dataset includes information on characteristics of the facility where the respondents work, the perceived benefits and barriers regarding health services research in practice, the need for research on specific topics and the transfer strategies established within the facilities. Analyses of these topics were performed in a descriptive and exploratory manner. This data offers the potential to be linked with data resulting from future research in this field in other Federal States of Germany. Further subgroup analyses can be performed with this dataset for specific research questions.