A qualitative evaluation of occupational therapy-led work rehabilitation for people with inflammatory arthritis: Patients' views.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This qualitative study, nested in a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial, explored the views of working people with inflammatory arthritis on the impact of a work rehabilitation programme received.

Method

Thirty-two participants, drawn from the 55 participants in the associated randomised controlled trial, were recruited from secondary care in the United Kingdom. Semi-structured telephone and face-to-face interviews were conducted at six (n = 32) and nine months follow-up (n = 31). Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analysed using a constant comparative approach, under the theoretical framework of critical realism.

Findings

Three overarching themes emerged: (1) intervention group participants valued the work rehabilita

SUBMITTER: Prior Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6097118 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature