Supporting employees with chronic conditions to stay at work: perspectives of occupational health professionals and organizational representatives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Supporting employees with chronic conditions can prevent work-related problems and facilitate sustainable employment. Various stakeholders are involved in providing support to these employees. Understanding their current practices and experienced barriers is useful for the development of an organizational-level intervention to improve this support. The aim of this study was to explore the current practices of occupational physicians and organizational representatives, identifying both barriers to providing support and opportunities for improvement.

Methods

Two focus groups with sixteen occupational physicians and seven semi-structured interviews with organizational representatives were held between January and June 2018. Data was analyzed using thematic content an

SUBMITTER: Bosma AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7992826 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature