Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Sidsel Marie Bernt Jorgensen, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Nina Fons Johnsen, Gunnar Gislason, Mohamad El-Chouli, Stig Brondum, Thomas Maribo, Maria Kristiansen
Summary: Returning to work and maintaining employment after cardiovascular disease is crucial for working-age individuals. Individuals with heart failure have the highest probability of not returning to work, highlighting the need for effective vocational rehabilitation strategies in comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programs.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Kathrine K. W. Pedersen, Vivian Langagergaard, Ole K. Jensen, Claus Nielsen, Vibeke N. Sorensen, Pernille Pedersen
Summary: This study compared the effects of brief intervention and multidisciplinary intervention on return to work for low back pain patients. The results showed that employees with strong job relations had higher return to work rates and spent more time at work when receiving brief intervention. There was no difference in intervention groups for employees with weak job relations.
JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sidsel Marie Bernt Jorgensen, Nina Fons Johnsen, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Stig Brondum, Thomas Maribo, Gunnar Gislason, Maria Kristiansen
Summary: The probability of feeling pressure to return to work after cardiovascular disease varies depending on age, sex, and diagnosis. Vocational rehabilitation needs to be improved and cardiac rehabilitation programs should include all core rehabilitation components.
Article
Rehabilitation
Rory M. Christopherson, Joanna K. Fadyl, Gwyn N. Lewis
Summary: This study revealed that the actions of the workplace, healthcare providers, and workers' compensation parties can influence workplace supports, return-to-work expectations, and return-to-work outcome. These findings are crucial for work-disability prevention efforts.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Review
Rehabilitation
Victoria Sullivan, Maria N. Wilson, Douglas P. Gross, Ole Kudsk Jensen, William S. Shaw, Ivan A. Steenstra, Jill A. Hayden
Summary: This study found that the expectations for return to work are associated with subsequent return to work outcomes in patients with low back pain. Workers with positive expectations are more likely to return to work and have a shorter duration of work disability compared to those with low expectations.
JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Sidsel Marie Bernt Jorgensen, Nina Fons Johnsen, Thomas Maribo, Stig Brondum, Gunnar Gislason, Maria Kristiansen
Summary: The study highlights the need for vocational rehabilitation programs to be incorporated into comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programs in order to identify individuals in need of support and to improve coordination of care across healthcare and social care sectors. This includes involving employers, healthcare professionals, and social workers in personalized return-to-work strategies.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Nadia Moore, Sandra Reeder, Sophie O'Keefe, Serena Alves-Stein, Emma Schneider, Katelyn Moloney, Kate Radford, Natasha A. Lannin
Summary: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of vocational rehabilitation and the return to work pathway after stroke. The findings highlighted the importance of tailored vocational rehabilitation in addressing the challenges faced when returning to the workplace. Stroke survivors perceived employer liaison support, fatigue management, and support for cognition and executive processing skills as the most beneficial components of vocational rehabilitation.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Ingrid Lindgren, Christina Brogardh, Helene Pessah-Rasmussen, Stina B. Jonasson, Gunvor Gard
Summary: The individual's ability to influence the work situation, adjustments and flexibility at the workplace, psychosocial support and knowledge of stroke, as well as changed view of work and personal priorities, play important roles in return to work (RTW) and staying at work after stroke.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Alexander Tingulstad, Jose Meneses-Echavez, Line Holtet Evensen, Maria Bjerk, Rigmor C. Berg
Summary: Long-term sick leave is a significant issue in developed countries, but the effectiveness of work-related interventions for workers with different diagnoses in facilitating return to work remains uncertain. This systematic review aimed to assess the effects of such interventions and provide a foundation for future research. The results showed no conclusive evidence regarding the most effective intervention, highlighting the need for further studies.
SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Joanne Petty, Vanette McLennan, Elizabeth Kendall, Charles Edmund Degeneffe
Summary: The study aimed to explore the feasibility of using VR strategies for RTW in TBI patients and analyze the evaluation methods of these interventions and outcomes. A total of 23 studies that met the criteria were identified through literature search. The findings suggest a significant neglect of research on effective RTW approaches for TBI patients in the rehabilitation literature.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Martin Inge Standal, Lene Aasdahl, Chris Jensen, Vegard Stolsmo Foldal, Roger Hagen, Egil Andreas Fors, Marit Solbjor, Odin Hjemdal, Margreth Grotle, Ingebrigt Meisingset
Summary: Four subgroups of long-term sick-listed workers were identified based on prognostic factors for return to work, largely independent of diagnoses. These subgroups demonstrate common patterns in return to work prognosis among this population, suggesting potential for tailored interventions and follow-up strategies. Further research is needed to validate the identified subgroups and better understand how they predict outcomes and respond to interventions.
JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Patrik Engdahl, Petra Svedberg, Ulrika Bejerholm
Summary: The study found that digital RTW interventions were perceived as acceptable and aligned with participant values. Participants expressed a desire for access to support at any time and any place, but also expressed concerns about a decrease in social interactions impacting their return-to-work opportunities. They suggested that digital solutions should reduce cognitive effort requirements.
Article
Rehabilitation
Charlotte Vanovenberghe, Anja Van den Broeck, Emelien Lauwerier, Kaat Goorts, Marc Du Bois
Summary: The study examined the role of motivation in sick-disabled patients using a dimensional approach based on the self-determination theory. Results showed that patients with highly controlled motivation were more prevalent and predicted a longer time before returning to work. Interestingly, there was no significant relationship between health care provider estimations and controlled motivation.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Zhongfei Bai, Jiaqi Zhang, Chaozheng Tang, Lejun Wang, Weili Xia, Qi Qi, Jiani Lu, Yuan Fang, Kenneth N. K. Fong, Wenxin Niu
Summary: Machine learning models can effectively predict return-to-work in patients with traumatic upper extremity injuries, with logistical regression and support vector machine models showing superior performance.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Rikke Rosbjerg, Dorte Gilsa Hansen, Robert Zachariae, Christina Malmose Stapelfeldt, Inger Hoejris, Mathias Tvilling Rasmussen, Susanne Wiben Drysdale, Merete Labriola
Summary: The Danish 19-item RTWSE questionnaire (RTWSE-19(DK)) demonstrated good reliability and adequate validity in employees undergoing cancer treatment, showing correlations with cancer-related self-efficacy, work ability, and psychological distress. This tool may be useful for practitioners in identifying concerns in the return to work process of cancer patients in clinical practice.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CARE
(2021)
Article
Rehabilitation
Elisabeth Bjork Bramberg, Irene Jensen, Lydia Kwak
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2020)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Emmanuel Aboagye, Klas Gustafsson, Irene Jensen, Jan Hagberg, Gunnar Aronsson, Staffan Marklund, Constanze Leineweber, Gunnar Bergstrom
JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
(2020)
Article
Rehabilitation
Oscar Javier Pico-Espinosa, Emmanuel Aboagye, Pierre Cote, Anna Peterson, Lena W. Holm, Irene Jensen, Eva Skillgate
MUSCULOSKELETAL SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Marijke Keus Van de Poll, Gunnar Bergstrom, Irene Jensen, Lotta Nybergh, Lydia Kwak, Caroline Lornudd, Malin Lohela-Karlsson
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2020)
Article
Rehabilitation
Andreas Eklund, Jan Hagberg, Irene Jensen, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde, Alice Kongsted, Peter Lovgren, Mattias Jonsson, Jakob Petersen-Klingberg, Christian Calvert, Iben Axen
CHIROPRACTIC & MANUAL THERAPIES
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Bozana Arapovic-Johansson, Irene Jensen, Charlotte Wahlin, Christina Bjorklund, Lydia Kwak
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2020)
Review
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Emmanuel Aboagye, Irene Jensen, Gunnar Bergstrom, Elisabeth Bjork Bramberg, Oscar Javier Pico-Espinosa, Christina Bjorklund
Summary: This review explores the connection between publication performance and the organizational and psychosocial work environment in academia, finding that work environment characteristics can explain the quality and quantity of academics' publication performance. Management practices, leadership, and psychosocial characteristics are influential factors in academics' publication productivity.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lotta Nybergh, Gunnar Bergstrom, Irene Jensen, Therese Hellman
Summary: Through focus group interviews, the study found similarities and differences in how women and men on sick leave for common mental disorders experience interventions and rehabilitation activities during return-to-work. Both genders expressed the importance of being met with respect and recognition, with women emphasizing the need for home-related interventions and men for organizational interventions to counter feelings of resignation at work. Women also showed better understanding of their mental health condition compared to men.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Irene Jensen, Zana Arapovic-Johansson, Emmanuel Aboagye
Summary: This study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of the ProMes intervention and finds that it is not cost-effective in reducing work-related stress levels, but it does seem to increase efficiency in some objective work performance measures. The findings suggest the need to make wise decisions in balancing intervention costs and performance improvement.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Helena Tinnerholm Ljungberg, Caroline Olsson, Irene Jensen, Lotta Nybergh, Elisabeth Bjork Bramberg
Summary: The study explores managers' experiences of the causes and prevention of sick leave among young employees with common mental disorders. Gender differences were found in both the causes and prevention of sick leave. Managers emphasized the importance of easing young employees' transition into work life and the need for effective communication about health and work issues.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Caroline Olsson, Helena Tinnerholm Ljungberg, Elisabeth Bjoerk Bramberg, Lotta Nybergh, Irene Jensen
Summary: This study investigates the perceived causes of sick leave due to CMD among young employees, with a focus on differences and similarities among women and men. Using a qualitative design with an applied gender perspective, the study reveals that young women face more pressure in the workplace compared to their male counterparts and take on more social responsibilities in their personal and professional lives. On the other hand, young men find it more difficult to disclose mental health problems.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Malin Lohela-Karlsson, Irene Jensen, Christina Bjorklund
Summary: The study reveals that higher levels of work motivation, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment are associated with lower levels of productivity loss among academic employees. These factors seem to buffer or moderate the negative impact of health-related and work environment problems on employee performance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Christina Bjorklund, Marjan Vaez, Irene Jensen
Summary: This study utilized a longitudinal approach to examine the relationship between work-related psychosocial factors and workplace bullying in an academic setting. Findings indicated that factors such as lack of support, low control, inconsistent role demands, etc., could be important predictors of future bullying. The study also revealed differences in factors between academic and non-academic staff, suggesting that job type should be considered in bullying prevention efforts.
STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
I Jensen, C. Bjorklund, J. Hagberg, E. Aboagye, L. Bodin
Summary: Research indicates that universities have a problematic work environment characterized by bullying and dysfunctional leadership. The study explores the relationship between the psycho-social work environment (PSWE) and research performance, with results suggesting that fair, considerate leaders and a supportive social climate are crucial for good performance. Improving the psycho-social work environment could be a strategy to enhance research performance.
STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Charlotte Diana Norregaard Rasmussen, Helene Hojberg, Anne Konring Larsen, Pernille Kold Munch, Richard Osborne, Lydia Kwak, Irene Jensen, Laura Linnan, Marie Birk Jorgensen
JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS
(2020)