ArticleBrain and behavior2018
Return to work after specialized rehabilitation-An explorative longitudinal study in a cohort of severely disabled persons with stroke in seven countries: The Sunnaas International Network stroke study.
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- Innovative socio-sanitary rehabilitation models in central nervous system disorders: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions to Support the Return to Work for Individuals with Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to Facilitate Return to Work after Stroke: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Implementation of Web-Based Psychosocial Interventions for Adults With Acquired Brain Injury and Their Caregivers: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Experiences of support to return to work after stroke: longitudinal case studies from RETAKE trial.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025Trial
- The proportion and clinical characteristics of patients with stroke who returned to work six months after discharge from a convalescent rehabilitation ward: a descriptive study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2025Article
- Exploring stroke survivor and employer experiences of disruption within the RETurn to work After stroKE (RETAKE) trial during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in sociology · 2025Article
- Digital Health Implementation Strategies Coproduced With Adults With Acquired Brain Injury, Their Close Others, and Clinicians: Mixed Methods Study With Collaborative Autoethnography and Network Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- The reasons for not returning to work and health-related quality of life among young and middle-aged patients with stroke: A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Work situation of patients with stroke who have returned to work: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Predictors for Returning to Paid Work after Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Ischemic Stroke.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Assessing the psychometric properties of the Chinese return-to-work self-efficacy questionnaire using Rasch model analysis.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2022Article
- Coproducing Knowledge of the Implementation of Complex Digital Health Interventions for Adults with Acquired Brain Injury and their Communication Partners: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- A Web-Based Service Delivery Model for Communication Training After Brain Injury: Protocol for a Mixed Methods, Prospective, Hybrid Type 2 Implementation-Effectiveness Study.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Predicting Independence 6 and 18 Months after Ischemic Stroke Considering Differences in 12 Countries: A Secondary Analysis of the IST-3 Trial.Stroke research and treatment · 2021Article
- Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Chinese Version of the Work-Ability Support Scale (WSS) in Young and Middle-Aged Stroke Survivors.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Health related quality of life in stroke patients and risk factors associated with patients for return to work.Medicine · 2019Article
- Experimental Study on Upper-Limb Rehabilitation Training of Stroke Patients Based on Adaptive Task Level: A Preliminary Study.BioMed research international · 2019Article
- Return to work after specialized rehabilitation-An explorative longitudinal study in a cohort of severely disabled persons with stroke in seven countries: The Sunnaas International Network stroke study.Brain and behavior · 2018Article
- Long-Term Return to Work After Acquired Brain Injury in Young Danish Adults: A Nation-Wide Registry-Based Cohort Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionStroke may impose disabilities with severe consequences for the individual, with physical, psychological, social, and work-related consequences. The objective with the current study was to investigate to what extent persons with stroke were able to return to work, to maintain their financial situation, and to describe the follow-up services and participation in social networks and recreational activities.
methodsThe design was a prospective, descriptive study of specialized stroke rehabilitation in nine rehabilitation centers in seven countries. Semistructured interviews, which focused on the return to work, the financial situation, follow-up services, the maintenance of recreational activities, and networks, were performed 6 and 12 months post discharge from rehabilitation.
resultsThe working rate before the onset of stroke ranged from 27% to 86%. At 12 months post stroke, the return to work varied from 11% to 43%. Consequently, many reported a reduced financial situation from 10% to 70% at 6 months and from 10% to 80% at 12 months. Access to postrehabilitation follow-up services varied in the different countries from 24% to 100% at 6 months and from 21% to 100% at 12 months. Physical therapy was the most common follow-up services reported. Persons with stroke were less active in recreational activities and experienced reduced social networks. Associations between results from the semistructured interviews and related themes in LiSat-11 were small to moderate. The study shows that education, age, and disability are predictors for return to work. Differences between countries were observed in the extent of unemployment.
conclusionsIn this international multicentre study, return to work after severe stroke and specialized/comprehensive rehabilitation was possible, depending on the extent of the disability, age, and education. Altered financial situation, reduced social networks, and reduced satisfaction with life were common psychosocial situations for these patients.
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