Purpose. To answer three specific questions:(i) How do women experience the workplace
after the onset of a musculoskeletal disease;(ii) What employment policy and programme …

Objective To understand arthritis‐related workplace changes, including occasional work
loss and changes to the type and hours of work, and the factors associated with them using …

BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis is often associated with work disability, a term used to
describe the inability to be or to remain employed. Work disability is a common implication of …

A qualitative approach informed by the phenomenological concept of lived experience using
semi-structured interviews explored the experience of living with arthritis. Audio-taped …

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are one of the major causes of the high
levels of long-term sickleave and early retirement, and healthcare personnel are among the …

BACKGROUND: One of the most challenging questions faced by individuals with emerging
or episodic illnesses is how and when to make critical decisions regarding employment …

Few current studies of the effects of chronic conditions on social functioning examine the
effects of disease on the role of homemaker. A major problem confronting researchers in this …

Chronic musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are the most common cause of work disability in
the western world. Return to work (RTW) with chronic MSD is a complex process dependent …

Getting back to work is getting back to the mainstream. RA patients need something to get
up and look forward to. We need to be motivated to" keep on goin on." You give up and you …

Purpose: The aim was to describe and understand how connecting rehabilitation
experiences and everyday life was characterised in the lived experiences during the …