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A systematic review of research undertaken in vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis
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Sweetland, Joanna, Howse, Eimi and Playford, E. Diane (2012) A systematic review of research undertaken in vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 34 (24). pp. 2031-2038. doi:10.3109/09638288.2012.669019 ISSN 0963-8288.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2012.669019
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
The National Service Framework (NSF) for Long-Term Neurological Conditions (LTNC) highlights the need for vocational rehabilitation (VR) services in quality requirement 6. As a part of a review of this requirement, an extensive literature review was undertaken to identify, review and report on all relevant research undertaken in the area of employment for people with multiple sclerosis (MS).
DATA SOURCES:
A systematic review of the English language literature for studies under the headings: multiple sclerosis and employment, unemployment, vocational rehabilitation, occupational health, job and work adjustment. The following databases were systematically searched AMED (1985 to Feb 2010), CINAHL (1982 to Feb 2010), PsycINFO (1806 to Feb 2010), EMBASE (1974 to Feb 2010), Medline (1950 to Feb 2010) and PubMed (1950 to Feb 2010). DATA EXTRACTION AND STUDY SELECTION: Four hundred and sixty-two papers were identified. This number was reduced removing the duplicates, non-English, not reporting research, not primarily about MS and not primarily about work which left 89 papers reviewed.
CONCLUSION:
The body of evidence reviewed gives clear indicators as to what the barriers to working with MS are and what is required for a VR service to meet the often complex needs of people with MS. Further research is needed to identify the efficacy of different models of VR, and their cost-effectiveness, and particularly for means of identifying and measuring the effectiveness of interventions that support work retention.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Disability and Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd. | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0963-8288 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 2012 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 34 | ||||||
| Number: | 24 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 2031-2038 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.3109/09638288.2012.669019 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
| Conference Paper Type: | Speech | ||||||
| Title of Event: | VRA: National Conference Barriers and enablers to development of VR services | ||||||
| Type of Event: | Conference | ||||||
| Location of Event: | Sydney, Australia | ||||||
| Date(s) of Event: | 15 May 2014 | ||||||
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