Purpose: As paid work is the occupation that people spend the most amount of their time
doing, it is an important provider of personal meaning in their lives. This meaning has been …

Although pain reduction is commonly the primary outcome in chronic pain clinical trials,
physical functioning is also important. A challenge in designing chronic pain trials to …

Introduction The concept of “work ability” is central for many sciences, especially for those
related to working life and to rehabilitation. It is one of the important concepts in legislation …

Abstract Background The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
(ICF) is a conceptual framework and classification system by the World Health Organization …

Purpose. To explore disability in women with fibromyalgia with a focus on their work
situation. Method. Review of literature on work status of women with fibromyalgia. Results …

Measures of work disability and productivity: Rheumatoid Arthritis Specific Work Productivity
Survey (WPS-RA), Workplace Activity Limitations Scale (WALS), Work Instability Scale for …

Purpose: Vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs aim to facilitate work participation.
However, there is no universal framework to describe the functioning of individuals who …

Objective Total hip (THR) and knee (TKR) replacements increasingly are performed on
younger people making return to work a salient outcome. This research evaluates …

Objective. To identify factors, individual and work related, influencing work ability, and to
assess the association between work ability and employment status, activities of daily life …

Background Patients with bipolar disorder experience impairments in their occupational
functioning, despite remission of symptoms. Previous research has shown that …