Developing a job retention vocational rehabilitation intervention for people with long covid: a person-based approach
Clement Boutry, Julie Phillips, Carina Knight, Jain Holmes, Priya Patel, Richard Morriss, Roshan das Nair, Eleanor Douglas, Charlotte E Bolton, Boliang Guo, Kate Radford · 2026
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Clement Boutry and co-authors co-design a program to help people with long covid stay in work, in a 2026 paper. Months after infection, fatigue, brain fog, and breathlessness keep many from holding jobs. Generic vocational rehabilitation exists, but it rarely fits this fluctuating illness and lacks proof behind it.
The team built the intervention with patients, in three stages. Interviews with twenty-one people mapped the real obstacles of working while ill. Workshops with patients and providers then set guiding principles, chose features, sketched how the program should work, and drafted materials. Last, six people tested the draft for feasibility and acceptability across hospital and community care. Development done this way, the authors argue, stands a better chance in real clinics.
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| CREATOR | Clement Boutry, Julie Phillips, Carina Knight, Jain Holmes, Priya Patel, Richard Morriss, Roshan das Nair, Eleanor Douglas, Charlotte E Bolton, Boliang Guo, Kate Radford |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 66 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |