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Identifying the Employment Needs of People With Chronic Health Conditions in Europe.

J Occup Environ Med

November 2018

Department of Psychiatry, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (Dr Ávila, Dr Ayuso-Mateos, and Dr Cabello); Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain (Dr Ávila, Dr Ayuso-Mateos, Dr Cabello); Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-Princesa), Madrid, Spain (Dr Ávila, Dr Ayuso-Mateos, Dr Cabello); Research Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain (Ms Muñoz-Murillo); Department of Neurology, Public Health and Disability Unit, Neurological Institute "C. Besta" IRCCS, Foundation, Milan, Italy (Dr Scaratti); Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology - IBE, Chair for Public Health and Health Services Research, Research Unit for Biopsychosocial Health, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (Dr Coenen); Department of Special Education, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece (Dr Vlachou); Neurorehabilitation, KABEG Gailtal-Klinik, Hermagor, Austria (Dr Fheodoroff); Department of Medical Sociology, Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland (Ms Pilat); Development Unit for Employment Rehabilitation, University Rehabilitation Institute Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Dr Tabaj); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. Faculty of Medicine Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (Dr Svestkova); European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities, Brussels, Belgium (Ms Kadyrbaeva).

Objectives: The main goal of this study was to compare the employment needs experienced by people with different chronic health conditions and in different welfare systems.

Methods: A total of 688 participants with six chronic health conditions were collected in nine countries representing four welfare systems in Europe (Continental, Mediterranean, Postcommunist, and Scandinavian).

Results: Raising awareness of what is to live with a chronic health condition in the workplace was the area perceived as more favorable.

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