Svensson Tommy, Müssener Ulrika, Alexanderson Kristina
Department of Behavioural Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Work. 2010;37(2):187-97. doi: 10.3233/WOR-2010-1069.
The aim of the present study was to explore and analyze accounts of social interactions and relationships with family, workmates, and friends supplied by persons with experience of sickness absence due to back, neck, or shoulder diagnoses. The focus was on experiences that seemed to involve positive and negative self-evaluative aspects, and therefore may be important to the self-conception and self-esteem of the absentee, and possibly to return to work.
The interviewees were women and men between 25 to 34 years of age who had been sickness certified due to back, neck, or shoulder diagnosis.
A descriptive and explorative method was used to analyze data from five focus-group interviews.
The importance of being supported and encouraged by family members, and the importance of feeling needed at work as well as being part of a social context were aspects stressed by the respondents.
Our results indicate that these interactions and relations are important to the absentees' self-esteem, and that this should be taken into account when discussing rehabilitation efforts.
本研究旨在探讨和分析因背部、颈部或肩部疾病而缺勤的人员所提供的关于与家人、同事和朋友的社交互动及关系的描述。重点在于那些似乎涉及积极和消极自我评价方面的经历，因此可能对缺勤者的自我概念和自尊很重要，并且可能对重返工作岗位也很重要。
受访者为年龄在25至34岁之间因背部、颈部或肩部疾病而获得病假证明的男性和女性。
采用描述性和探索性方法分析来自五次焦点小组访谈的数据。
受访者强调了家庭成员给予支持和鼓励的重要性，以及在工作中感到被需要和成为社交环境一部分的重要性。
我们的结果表明，这些互动和关系对缺勤者的自尊很重要，在讨论康复工作时应考虑到这一点。
