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Early Opportunities to Explore Occupational Identity Change: Qualitative Study of Return-To-Work Experiences After Stroke.
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2023 Februrary 8
BACKGROUND: Rates of return-to-work after stroke are low, yet work is known to positively impact people's wellbeing and overall health outcomes.
OBJECTIVE: To understand return-to-work trajectories, barriers encountered, and resources that may be used to better support participants during early recovery and rehabilitation.
PARTICIPANTS: The experiences of 31 participants (aged 25-76 years) who had or had not returned to work after stroke were explored.
METHODS: Interview data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis methods within a broader realist research approach.
RESULTS: Participants identified an early need to explore a changed and changing occupational identity within a range of affirming environments, thereby ascertaining their return-to-work options early after stroke. The results articulate resources participants identified as most important for their occupational explorations. Theme 1 provides an overview of opportunities participants found helpful when exploring work options, while theme 2 explores fundamental principles for ensuring the provided opportunities were perceived as beneficial. Finally, theme 3 provides an overview of prioritized return-to-work service characteristics.
CONCLUSION: The range and severity of impairments experienced by people following stroke are broad, and therefore their return-to-work needs are diverse. However, all participants, irrespective of impairment, highlighted the need for early opportunities to explore their changed and changing occupational identity.
OBJECTIVE: To understand return-to-work trajectories, barriers encountered, and resources that may be used to better support participants during early recovery and rehabilitation.
PARTICIPANTS: The experiences of 31 participants (aged 25-76 years) who had or had not returned to work after stroke were explored.
METHODS: Interview data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis methods within a broader realist research approach.
RESULTS: Participants identified an early need to explore a changed and changing occupational identity within a range of affirming environments, thereby ascertaining their return-to-work options early after stroke. The results articulate resources participants identified as most important for their occupational explorations. Theme 1 provides an overview of opportunities participants found helpful when exploring work options, while theme 2 explores fundamental principles for ensuring the provided opportunities were perceived as beneficial. Finally, theme 3 provides an overview of prioritized return-to-work service characteristics.
CONCLUSION: The range and severity of impairments experienced by people following stroke are broad, and therefore their return-to-work needs are diverse. However, all participants, irrespective of impairment, highlighted the need for early opportunities to explore their changed and changing occupational identity.
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