Self-perceived barriers to returning to work among employees with a low educational level on long-term sick leave: the “NOW WHAT” large-scale interview study
Employees with low educational levels on long-term sick leave described a wide range of return-to-work barriers and combinations thereof. In addition to health-related functional barriers, identifying environmental, activity-limitation, and personal barriers is important to enhance understanding of this group's potential determinants of absence from work.
Authors
- Linn Vathne Lervik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5707-1323)
- Elin Ekbladh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9365-7033)
- Monica Lillefjell
- Kine Strømstad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3089-2295)
- Randi Wågø (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4391-6142)
- Jens Christoffer Skogen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0722-5440)
- Elisabeth Frostestad
- Ida G Gulliksen
Institutions
- Linköping University (SE)
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Stavanger Health Research (Norway) (NO)
- VID Specialized University (NO)
- University of Stavanger (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2340/jrm.v57.40604
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.63
Funders
- NAV
- Norges Forskningsråd