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Work Potential and Work Performance during the First Try-Out of the Person-Centred Return to Work Rehabilitation Programme ReWork-Stroke: A Case Study

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Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, 14152 Huddinge, Sweden
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Centre for Research & Development, Uppsala University/Region Gävleborg, 80188 Gävle, Sweden
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Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden
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Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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Department of Medical Sciences, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Uppsala University, 75124 Uppsala, Sweden
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Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation Medicine, Uppsala University, 75185 Uppsala, Sweden
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Healthcare 2020, 8(4), 454; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040454
Received: 18 September 2020 / Revised: 30 October 2020 / Accepted: 31 October 2020 / Published: 2 November 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Occupational Health and Safety in the Healthcare Sector)
Background: This case study explores changes in work potential and work performance for ten people who worked before their stroke while participating in the ReWork-Stroke programme. It describes measures performed by the occupational therapists to enhance work potential and work performance and the participants’ level of work re-entry nine months after the start of their work trial. Methods: Ten people who had experienced a mild or moderate stroke participated. Changes were assessed using the Worker Role Interview and the Assessment of Work Performance. Logbooks relating to work potential and work performance were analysed using content analysis. Results: The participants’ work potential was in general supportive to returning to work at baseline and remained so at the three-month follow-up. Most changes occurred in the environmental factors regarding the participants’ belief that adaptations at the workplace would make re-entry possible. Changes concerning work performance were predominately in a positive direction. Seven of the participants returned to paid work. Conclusion: The ReWork-Stroke programme seems promising for promoting changes in work potential, work performance, and return to paid work. However, further studies are needed to evaluate changes in work potential and work performance and the programme’s effectiveness for increasing work re-entry for people who have had stroke. View Full-Text
Keywords: rehabilitation; vocational; stroke; occupational therapy; work rehabilitation; vocational; stroke; occupational therapy; work
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Nilsson, A.Ö.; Johansson, U.; Ekbladh, E.; Bernspång, B.; Hellman, T.; Eriksson, G. Work Potential and Work Performance during the First Try-Out of the Person-Centred Return to Work Rehabilitation Programme ReWork-Stroke: A Case Study. Healthcare 2020, 8, 454. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040454

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Nilsson AÖ, Johansson U, Ekbladh E, Bernspång B, Hellman T, Eriksson G. Work Potential and Work Performance during the First Try-Out of the Person-Centred Return to Work Rehabilitation Programme ReWork-Stroke: A Case Study. Healthcare. 2020; 8(4):454. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040454

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Nilsson, Annika Ö., Ulla Johansson, Elin Ekbladh, Birgitta Bernspång, Therese Hellman, and Gunilla Eriksson. 2020. "Work Potential and Work Performance during the First Try-Out of the Person-Centred Return to Work Rehabilitation Programme ReWork-Stroke: A Case Study" Healthcare 8, no. 4: 454. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040454

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