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Rehabilitation of work disability in the perception of working men and women: a qualitative meta-synthesis

Abstract

Background:

Disability to work and the rehabilitation process are important events in the lives of working men and women who suffer some form of interruption in their working life due to work-related illnesses. Thus, knowing how they both cope with these situations can shed light on rehabilitation approaches.

Objective:

Systematize and synthesize what the scientific literature points out about the rehabilitation of incapacity for work in the perception of men and women.

Method:

Qualitative studies published in the CINAHL, SCOPUS, PsycINFO, and Web of Science databases were searched, using the descriptors: qualitative method, work disability, rehabilitation, and gender. The analysis was based on the assumptions of Noblit and Hare for meta-synthesis.

Results:

Men value the performance of occupational health services and the incorporation of work demands in rehabilitation. Women pointed out the attitudes of professionals, family and colleagues and valued the change of place or work task and the belief in their potential in the rehabilitation process.

Conclusions:

The present meta-synthesis pointed to the value that men and women attribute respectively, but not exclusively, to the centrality of work and social support networks in the rehabilitation process.

Keywords:
systematic review; work; rehabilitation; gender identity

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