2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Objective Employees with a chronic physical condition may be hampered in
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job performance due to physical or cognitive limitations, pain, fatigue,
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psychosocial barriers, or because medical treatment interferes with
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work. This study investigates the effect of a group-training program
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aimed at job maintenance. Essential elements of the program are
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exploration of work-related problems, communication at the workplace,
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and the development and implementation of solutions.
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Methods Participants with chronic physical diseases were randomly
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assigned to the intervention (N=64) or control group (N=58).
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Participants were eligible for the study if they had a chronic physical
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disease, paid employment, experienced work-related problems, and were
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not on long-term 100\% sick leave. Primary outcome measures were
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self-efficacy in solving work- and disease-related problems (14-70), job
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dissatisfaction (0-100), fatigue (20-140) and job maintenance measured
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at 4-, 8-, 12- and 24-month follow-up. We used GLM repeated measures for
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the analysis.
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Results After 24 months, loss to follow-up was 5.7\% (7/122).
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Self-efficacy increased and fatigue decreased significantly more in the
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experimental than the control group {[}10 versus 4 points (P=0.000) and
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19 versus 8 points (P=0.032), respectively]. Job satisfaction increased
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more in the experimental group but not significantly {[}6 versus 0
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points (P=0.698)]. Job maintenance was 87\% in the experimental and 91\%
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in the control group, which was not a significant difference. Many
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participants in the control group also undertook actions to solve
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work-related problems.
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Conclusions Empowerment training increases self-efficacy and helps to
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reduce fatigue complaints, which in the long term could lead to more job
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maintenance. Better understanding of ways to deal with work-related
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problems is needed to develop more efficient support for employees with
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a chronic disease.'
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affiliation: 'Varekamp, I (Corresponding Author), Univ Amsterdam, Acad Med Ctr, Coronel
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Inst Occupat Hlth, Meibergdreef 9, NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Varekamp, Inge; Verbeek, Jos H.; de Boer, Angela; van Dijk, Frank J. H., Univ Amsterdam,
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Acad Med Ctr, Coronel Inst Occupat Hlth, NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Verbeek, Jos H., Finnish Inst Occupat Hlth, Knowledge Transfer Team, Kuopio, Finland.'
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author: Varekamp, Inge and Verbeek, Jos H. and de Boer, Angela and van Dijk, Frank
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J. H.
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author-email: i.varekamp@amc.uva.nl
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author_list:
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- family: Varekamp
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given: Inge
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- family: Verbeek
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given: Jos H.
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- family: de Boer
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given: Angela
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- family: van Dijk
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given: Frank J. H.
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3149
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eissn: 1795-990X
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files: []
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issn: 0355-3140
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journal: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT \& HEALTH
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keywords: 'empowerment; occupational health; psychological distress; RCT; training;
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work-related problem'
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keywords-plus: 'INFLAMMATORY-BOWEL-DISEASE; RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS; WORK DISABILITY;
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VOCATIONAL-REHABILITATION; HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;
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EMPOWERMENT; RETENTION; WORKPLACE'
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language: English
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month: JUL
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number: '4'
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number-of-cited-references: '47'
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orcid-numbers: 'Verbeek, Jos H.A.M./0000-0002-6537-6100
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de Boer, Angela/0000-0003-1942-6848'
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pages: 288-297
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papis_id: f252321059316644ef016597d43b7833
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ref: Varekamp2011effectjob
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researcherid-numbers: 'Verbeek, Jos H.A.M./F-8382-2013
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times-cited: '36'
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title: Effect of job maintenance training program for employees with chronic disease
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- a randomized controlled trial on self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and fatigue
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000292362000004
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usage-count-last-180-days: '5'
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usage-count-since-2013: '24'
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volume: '37'
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web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
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year: '2011'
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