ArticleScandinavian journal of primary health care2025
A systems perspective on gaps in the person-centered sick leave and rehabilitation process: a Swedish interview study.
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- Examining the characteristics of patients with long-term impaired work ability in primary health care - a cross-sectional study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Trial
- Effect on work ability and health-related quality of life following an interactive patient education aiming to increase sense of coherence and health literacy - the LEARN-to-COPE cluster randomized trial.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2025Trial
- Facilitators and Barriers to Collaboration Between General Practice and Sickness Benefits Office in Return to Work Processes-A Scoping Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundConsensus on priorities to optimize the sick leave and rehabilitation process (SRP) is lacking.
objectiveTo explore perspectives of stakeholders in the SRP on bridging the gap between desired process scope, and actual practice, from a multi-professional, multi-organizational, and interdisciplinary approach. DESIGN AND
settingFocus group interviews were conducted with various SRP frontline professionals in Region Västra Götaland, Sweden, using purposive sampling to capture a range of experiences. Participants discussed their perceptions of critical changes and priorities needed to meet patients' SRP needs in a primary care context. All interviews were analyzed using systematic text condensation, as described by Malterud. SUBJECTS: General practitioners (
resultsThrough data analysis, the following themes emerged: 1) The need for rules and regulations to enable coherent process governance 2) Challenges and opportunities in person-centered SRP: Professional collaboration, organizational priorities, and the need for enhanced leadership, and 3) Balancing resources and patient needs in the SRP: How to improve care quality and accessibility. In summary, participants mainly discussed how to improve process efficiency and quality of care while balancing available resources and a heavy workload. A main goal was to prevent negative spirals of suboptimal decision-making in individual cases, which could lead to increased work, unfortunate outcomes, and patient suffering.
conclusionsThis qualitative study indicated that gaps between a desired process scope and actual practice might be bridged by enabling coherent cross-organizational process governance, prioritizing person-centered ways of working, and balancing available resources and workload. The above changes were believed to improve process quality and overall efficiency.
trial registrationThe study project plan was pre-registered on September 21st, 2020, in the database FOU i VGR (researchweb.org), project number 274941.
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