On vocational rehabilitation in northern Sweden : with focus on life satisfaction and outcome prediction
A consecutive series of 149 subjects with complete or partial vocational disability due to somatic ill-health were investigated at admission for vocational rehabilitation and two years later. Subjects filled in checklists which encompassed 5 socio-demographic, 5 psycho-social and 9 life satisfaction...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-101289 2023-10-09T21:54:36+02:00 On vocational rehabilitation in northern Sweden : with focus on life satisfaction and outcome prediction Eklund, Michael 1991 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-101289 eng eng Umeå universitet, Rehabiliteringsmedicin Umeå : Umeå universitet Umeå University medical dissertations, 0346-6612 318 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-101289 urn:isbn:91-7174-612-9 (korr.) info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Work Vocational rehabilitation Impairment Disability Outcome Return to work Earnings Psycho-social aspects Life Satisfaction Happiness Chronic pain Physiotherapy Sjukgymnastik Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis text 1991 ftumeauniv 2023-09-22T13:48:12Z A consecutive series of 149 subjects with complete or partial vocational disability due to somatic ill-health were investigated at admission for vocational rehabilitation and two years later. Subjects filled in checklists which encompassed 5 socio-demographic, 5 psycho-social and 9 life satisfaction items. Moreover, 5 dimensions of "handicap" were assessed. At admission subjects were physically examined. In this diagnostically mixed sample 80 of them had non-specific locomotor dysfunction with pain ("algia"). In this sub-sample 23 symptoms (yes/no alternatives) and 24 signs (present/not present) were registered. At the two-year follow-up actual source and level of income were registered and 126 subjects reported their levels of life satisfaction. A reference population including 163 employed subjects was used for comparisons of levels of life satisfaction.At admission satisfaction with life as a whole (level of happiness) and with 6/8 domain specific life satisfaction items were significantly lower for the vocational rehabilitation clients than for the references. Psycho-socio-demographic items formed 5 factors, two were socio-demographic and three psycho-social characteristics. Only few were "handicapped" concerning orientation, mobility and self-care, while the majority were financially and/or occupationally "handicapped". At the two-year follow-up 91% of the partly and 67% of those who at admission were completely vocationally disabled were undergoing education or were gainfully employed, giving a success rate of 77%. Moreover, return to work from unemployment resulted in significantly increased income. Successful rehabilitation resulted in normalization of the majority of life satisfaction domains. This was particularly true for overall vocational satisfaction. Level of happiness was increased but not up to the level of the references. At follow-up the level of or change in (admission/follow-up computations) vocational satisfaction were major predictors for level of or change in happiness. Hence, successful ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Northern Sweden Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) |
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A consecutive series of 149 subjects with complete or partial vocational disability due to somatic ill-health were investigated at admission for vocational rehabilitation and two years later. Subjects filled in checklists which encompassed 5 socio-demographic, 5 psycho-social and 9 life satisfaction items. Moreover, 5 dimensions of "handicap" were assessed. At admission subjects were physically examined. In this diagnostically mixed sample 80 of them had non-specific locomotor dysfunction with pain ("algia"). In this sub-sample 23 symptoms (yes/no alternatives) and 24 signs (present/not present) were registered. At the two-year follow-up actual source and level of income were registered and 126 subjects reported their levels of life satisfaction. A reference population including 163 employed subjects was used for comparisons of levels of life satisfaction.At admission satisfaction with life as a whole (level of happiness) and with 6/8 domain specific life satisfaction items were significantly lower for the vocational rehabilitation clients than for the references. Psycho-socio-demographic items formed 5 factors, two were socio-demographic and three psycho-social characteristics. Only few were "handicapped" concerning orientation, mobility and self-care, while the majority were financially and/or occupationally "handicapped". At the two-year follow-up 91% of the partly and 67% of those who at admission were completely vocationally disabled were undergoing education or were gainfully employed, giving a success rate of 77%. Moreover, return to work from unemployment resulted in significantly increased income. Successful rehabilitation resulted in normalization of the majority of life satisfaction domains. This was particularly true for overall vocational satisfaction. Level of happiness was increased but not up to the level of the references. At follow-up the level of or change in (admission/follow-up computations) vocational satisfaction were major predictors for level of or change in happiness. Hence, successful ... |
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On vocational rehabilitation in northern Sweden : with focus on life satisfaction and outcome prediction |
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On vocational rehabilitation in northern Sweden : with focus on life satisfaction and outcome prediction |
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On vocational rehabilitation in northern Sweden : with focus on life satisfaction and outcome prediction |
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On vocational rehabilitation in northern Sweden : with focus on life satisfaction and outcome prediction |
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On vocational rehabilitation in northern Sweden : with focus on life satisfaction and outcome prediction |
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on vocational rehabilitation in northern sweden : with focus on life satisfaction and outcome prediction |
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Umeå universitet, Rehabiliteringsmedicin |
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Umeå University medical dissertations, 0346-6612 318 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-101289 urn:isbn:91-7174-612-9 (korr.) |
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