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    Getting an outsider’s perspective - sick-listed workers’ experiences with early follow-up sessions in the return to work process: a qualitative interview study

    The aim of this study was to explore how early follow-up sessions (after 14 and 16 weeks of sick leave) with social insurance caseworkers was experienced by sick-listed workers, and how these sessions influenc...

    Martin Inge Standal, Vegard Stolsmo Foldal, Lene Aasdahl in BMC Health Services Research (2024)

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    Measuring Resilience in Long-term Sick-listed Individuals: Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adults

    Return to work from long-term sick leave is influenced by personal and social factors, which can be measured by resilience, a construct that describe healthy adaptation against adversity. This study aimed to v...

    Martin Inge Standal, Odin Hjemdal in Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation (2023)

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    Barriers and Facilitators for Implementing Motivational Interviewing as a Return to Work Intervention in a Norwegian Social Insurance Setting: A Mixed Methods Process Evaluation

    Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate potential barriers and facilitators for implementing motivational interviewing (MI) as a return to work (RTW) intervention in a Norwegian social insurance setting. Me...

    Vegard Stolsmo Foldal, Marit Solbjør in Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation (2021)

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    Subgroups of Long-Term Sick-Listed Based on Prognostic Return to Work Factors Across Diagnoses: A Cross-Sectional Latent Class Analysis

    Comorbidity is common among long-term sick-listed and many prognostic factors for return to work (RTW) are shared across diagnoses. RTW interventions have small effects, possibly due to being averaged across h...

    Martin Inge Standal, Lene Aasdahl, Chris Jensen in Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation (2021)

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    Workplace flexibility important for part-time sick leave selection—an exploratory cross-sectional study of long-term sick listed in Norway

    Part-time sick leave (PTSL) where sick-listed individuals work a percentage corresponding to their remaining work capabilities is often used to promote return to work. The effects of PTSL are uncertain due to ...

    Martin Inge Standal, Odin Hjemdal, Lene Aasdahl, Vegard Stolsmo Foldal in BMC Public Health (2021)

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    Sick-listed workers’ experiences with motivational interviewing in the return to work process: a qualitative interview study

    When returning to work after being on long-term sick leave, individuals may experience varying levels of motivation and self-efficacy. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a counseling style that aims to increase...

    Vegard Stolsmo Foldal, Martin Inge Standal, Lene Aasdahl, Roger Hagen in BMC Public Health (2020)

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    Motivational interviewing in long-term sickness absence: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial followed by qualitative and economic studies

    Motivational interviewing (MI), mainly used and shown effective in health care (substance abuse, smoking cessation, increasing exercise and other life style changes), is a collaborative conversation (style) ab...

    Lene Aasdahl, Vegard Stolsmo Foldal, Martin Inge Standal, Roger Hagen in BMC Public Health (2018)