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Experiences of returning to work and maintaining work 7 to 8 years after a stroke: a qualitative interview study in Sweden.
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- Factors influencing employers' support for employees with acquired brain injuries or mental illness to return to- and stay in work: A qualitative systematic review.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2024Pooled it
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- The influence of HIV on return to work in stroke survivors amongst a population of the eThekwini district, Kwazulu Natal: A qualitative study.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Understanding the Needs of Young and Middle-Aged Chinese People Who Have Experienced a Stroke Who Have Not Successfully Returned to Work: A Qualitative Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
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- Risk factors and service gaps affecting a sustainable work: a qualitative multi-stakeholder analysis in the context of persons with acquired brain injury living in Switzerland.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Work-support techniques used by occupational therapists to facilitate support after acquired brain injuries: A qualitative study.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOT · 2024Article
- Factors associated with fatigue among people who have returned to work after stroke: an exploratory study.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2024Article
- Fostering Stay at Work After a Period of Disability: A Scoping Review of Occupational Rehabilitation Strategies to Support Workers in the Adoption of Preventive Behaviours.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2024Article
- In search of self after stroke: a longitudinal qualitative study in the context of client-centred rehabilitation.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Article
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- The impact of post-stroke fatigue on work and other everyday life activities for the working age population - a registry-based cohort study.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
- Perceived work situation and work ability among persons who are working one year after stroke.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2022Article
- Factors related to sustainable employment of people with acquired brain injury or spinal cord injury: The employer's perspective.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Article
- Fatigue in men and women who have returned to work after stroke: Assessed with the Fatigue Severity Scale and Mental Fatigue Scale.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2021Article
- Differences in self-perceived general health, pain, and depression 1 to 5 years post-stroke related to work status at 1 year.Scientific reports · 2020Observational
- Long-term participation 7-8 years after stroke: Experiences of people in working-age.PloS one · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore how persons experienced return to work (RTW) and their work situation 7 to 8 years after a stroke.
designAn explorative qualitative design with individual interviews. The data analysis was inductive thematic and three researchers collaborated during the analysis process.
participantsThe study population included five women and eight men who had a stroke during 2009-2010, received care at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden and RTW after stroke and it was a heterogenic sample based on age, occupation, stroke severity and time to RTW.
resultsThe analysis led to four themes;
conclusionMaintaining work can be a continuous struggle with invisible impairments many years after a stroke. Strategies for managing work are dependent on each individual work situation, where support and understanding at work seem to be crucial for a sustainable work situation.
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