"Without Them, I Would Never Have Been Able to Carry on" Levers for the Sustained Employment of Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Arthritis: A French Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic inflammatory arthritis (IA) is known to be involved in declining work outcomes and increased risk of experiencing unemployment. The aim of this study is to qualitatively identify the levers for the employment of patients with IA and AI-like conditions.

Methods

To accomplish this task, a multi-centered, exploratory qualitative design involving one-on-one semi-directed interviews and a focus group was performed among 18 IA French patients to deepen our understanding of what enables patients to maintain employment despite the limiting, chronic, and expanding nature of their symptoms.

Results

Analysis revealed five clusters of levers for the employment of chronic IA patients: The first cluster of levers was based on a set of verbatim records mentioning

SUBMITTER: Louati C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9655563 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature