Long COVID and the Challenge of Long-Term Employment: An Ecological, Sequential Explanatory Mixed-Methods Approach
Employment sustainability among individuals with Long COVID is shaped by complex, multilevel barriers, with job loss further worsening health and financial hardship. Investment in comprehensive Long COVID care, including multidisciplinary clinical services, vocational rehabilitation, clinician education, public awareness initiatives, employer training, and policy reform, is critical to support long-term recovery and employment sustainability.
Authors
- Briana P. Keller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4060-3853)
- Tammy L. Eaton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0348-0527)
- Leanne M. Boehm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0127-6677)
- Matthew F. Mart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6727-8838)
- Valerie Danesh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2078-2578)
- Joanne McPeake
- E. Wesley Ely
- Han Su
- Mayur B. Patel
Institutions
- University of Alabama (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- University of Michigan (US)
- VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (US)
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
- VA Center for Clinical Management Research (US)
- Baylor Scott & White Health (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2026-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-026-10376-w
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00