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Factors influencing employers’ support for employees with acquired brain injuries or mental illness to return to- and stay in work: A qualitative systematic review (2024)
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BACKGROUND: People with acquired brain injuries (ABIs) often experience residual limitations and co-morbid mental illnesses that restrict work participation. Employers are key in enabling successful return-to-work and job retention. OBJECTIVE: This r... Read More about Factors influencing employers’ support for employees with acquired brain injuries or mental illness to return to- and stay in work: A qualitative systematic review.

The Workwell trial: protocol for the process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial of job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis (2022)
Journal Article

Background: The Workwell trial is a multi-centre randomised controlled trial with the aims of evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis, who are expe... Read More about The Workwell trial: protocol for the process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial of job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis.

Experiences of people with multiple sclerosis at work: Towards the understanding of the needs for a job retention vocational rehabilitation intervention (2022)
Journal Article

Background: Supporting people with multiple sclerosis (MS) at work can be challenging due to the unpredictable nature and myriad of disease-related symptoms, and issues related to the work environment. Objective: To explore, amongst people with MS... Read More about Experiences of people with multiple sclerosis at work: Towards the understanding of the needs for a job retention vocational rehabilitation intervention.

Qualitative study exploring factors affecting the implementation of a vocational rehabilitation intervention in the UK major trauma pathway (2022)
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Objectives This study aimed to: (1) understand the context for delivering a trauma vocational rehabilitation (VR) intervention; (2) identify potential barriers and enablers to the implementation of a VR intervention post-trauma. Design Qualitative st... Read More about Qualitative study exploring factors affecting the implementation of a vocational rehabilitation intervention in the UK major trauma pathway.

Patients views on which return-to-work outcomes should be prioritised: A nominal group technique focus group (2022)
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Objective: Injuries can have a long-lasting effect on ability to return to work, but there is little research on which outcomes are most important to patients. This study aims to identify and prioritise return-to-work outcomes important to patients f... Read More about Patients views on which return-to-work outcomes should be prioritised: A nominal group technique focus group.

Embedding mentoring to support trial processes and implementation fidelity in a randomised controlled trial of vocational rehabilitation for stroke survivors (2021)
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Background: Little guidance exists regarding how best to upskill and support those delivering complex healthcare interventions to ensure robust trial outcomes and implementation fidelity. Mentoring was provided to occupational therapists (OTs) deli... Read More about Embedding mentoring to support trial processes and implementation fidelity in a randomised controlled trial of vocational rehabilitation for stroke survivors.

Factors Affecting the Delivery and Acceptability of the ROWTATE Telehealth Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention for Traumatic Injury Survivors: A Mixed-Methods Study (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Returning to work after traumatic injury can be problematic. We developed a vocational telerehabilitation (VR) intervention for trauma survivors, delivered by trained occupational therapists (OTs) and clinical psychologists (CPs), and exp... Read More about Factors Affecting the Delivery and Acceptability of the ROWTATE Telehealth Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention for Traumatic Injury Survivors: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Patient Perspectives on Key Outcomes for Vocational Rehabilitation Interventions Following Traumatic Injury (2021)
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Returning to work after traumatic injury can have a range of benefits, but there is currently little research that incorporates patient perspectives to identify outcomes of vocational rehabilitation interventions that are important to survivors. Trau... Read More about Patient Perspectives on Key Outcomes for Vocational Rehabilitation Interventions Following Traumatic Injury.

Vocational rehabilitation to enhance return to work after trauma (ROWTATE): protocol for a non-randomised single-arm mixed-methods feasibility study (2021)
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Background Traumatic injuries are common amongst working age adults. Survivors often experience physical and psychological problems, reduced quality of life and difficulty returning to work. Vocational rehabilitation improves work outcomes for a ran... Read More about Vocational rehabilitation to enhance return to work after trauma (ROWTATE): protocol for a non-randomised single-arm mixed-methods feasibility study.

Feasibility study and process evaluation of MRI plus physiotherapy vs. physiotherapy alone in non-specific chronic low back pain among patients in Saudi Arabia (2020)
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© 2020, The Author(s). Aim: To determine the feasibility of conducting a definitive randomised control trial (RCT) to answer the following questions: (1) Is early physiotherapy treatment acceptable and feasible for patients and direct healthcare prov... Read More about Feasibility study and process evaluation of MRI plus physiotherapy vs. physiotherapy alone in non-specific chronic low back pain among patients in Saudi Arabia.

A study of mapping usual care and unmet need for vocational rehabilitation and psychological support following major trauma in five health districts in the UK (2020)
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Objective: To identify where and how trauma survivors’ rehabilitation needs are met after trauma, to map rehabilitation across five UK major trauma networks, and to compare with recommended pathways. Design: Qualitative study (interviews, focus group... Read More about A study of mapping usual care and unmet need for vocational rehabilitation and psychological support following major trauma in five health districts in the UK.

Comparing face-to-face with online training for occupational therapists in advising on fitness for work: Protocol for the CREATE study (2020)
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© The Author(s) 2020. Introduction: Occupational therapists play a key role in advising on fitness for work; however, there is a concern that they lack knowledge and confidence in using the Allied Health Professions health and work report (formerly t... Read More about Comparing face-to-face with online training for occupational therapists in advising on fitness for work: Protocol for the CREATE study.

A systematic review of personal smart technologies used to improve outcomes in adults with acquired brain injuries (2019)
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Objective: This review aimed to determine the effectiveness of personal smart technologies on outcomes in adults with acquired brain injury. Data sources: A systematic literature search was conducted on 30 May 2019. Twelve electronic databases,... Read More about A systematic review of personal smart technologies used to improve outcomes in adults with acquired brain injuries.

A scoping review of the needs of children and young people with acquired brain injuries and their families (2019)
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Understanding the needs of children and young people (CYP) with acquired brain injuries (ABI) isessential in delivering pathways of care and providing effective rehabilitation. Aim: To identify relevant literature and key themes relating to the natu... Read More about A scoping review of the needs of children and young people with acquired brain injuries and their families.

Getting back to life after stroke: co-designing a peer-led coaching intervention to enable stroke survivors to rebuild a meaningful life after stroke (2018)
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Purpose Rebuilding one’s life after stroke is a key priority persistently identified by patients yet professionally led interventions have little impact. This co-design study constructs and tests a novel peer-led coaching intervention to improve pos... Read More about Getting back to life after stroke: co-designing a peer-led coaching intervention to enable stroke survivors to rebuild a meaningful life after stroke.