“My Lung Disease Won’t Go Away, it’s There to Stay”: Profiles of Adaptation to Functional Limitations in Workers with Asthma and COPD
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PURPOSE: Earlier research has shown that adaptation (i.e., the way in which employees cope with limitations resulting from their disease) is associated with sick leave. Our aim was to investigate signs of adequate or inadequate adaptation in employees with asthma and COPD. METHODS: A Q-methodological study was carried out among 34 workers with asthma or COPD. RESULTS: Four adaptation profiles were distinguished: the eager, the adjusted, the cautious, and the worried workers. The adaptation profiles provide insight into the different ways in which workers with asthma and COPD cope with their illness at work. CONCLUSIONS: The adaptation profiles serve as a starting point for the design of appropriate (occupational) care. The eager workers experience little difficulties at work; the cautious workers may need assistance in learning how to accept their disease; the worried workers need reassurance, and may need reactivation; the adjusted workers deserve extra attention, and, when necessary, advice on how to live with their asthma or COPD.
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- Authors
- Boot, C. R. L., van Exel, N. J. A., & van der Gulden, J. W. J.
- Affiliations
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Boot, C. R. L.
- ORCID
- Boot, C. R. L.
- Venue
- Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2009-06-09
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 284-292
- ISSN
- 1053-0487 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3688
- PMC
- PMC2712061
- OpenAlex
- W2153532572
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 3.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Pure Amsterdam UMC (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Occupational exposure and asthma
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Keywords
- asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, adaptation to illness, functional limitations, workers, sick leave, coping at work, Q methodology
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Physiological, Adaptation, Psychological, Asthma, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Netherlands, Surveys and Questionnaires, Work Capacity Evaluation, Sick Leave, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Qualitative Research
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