Sustainable Return to Work Following a Musculoskeletal Disorder - STUDIES AND

The synthesis of the essential activities and concrete actions identified in the literature review and the results of the secondary data analysis pointed to eight courses of action and 23 specific actions (objective 3). [...] The full texts of the selected documents were summarized in such a way as to highlight the content pertinent to the research questions: (1) the supervisor’s role and responsibilities in the RTW, (2) the supervisor’s actions in connection with his role and responsibilities in the RTW, (3) problems faced by supervisors and problem-solving strategies used, (4) conditions favourable or unfavourable to. [...] Lastly, a third level of coding identified themes related to the main focuses of this study: the supervisor’s role and responsibilities, the specific actions taken by the supervisor alone or in interaction with the other key actors, the conditions favourable or unfavourable to the ability to perform the supervisor’s role in the RTW of a worker following sick leave for a work-related MSD, and recom. [...] For each codified interview, the text associated with each of the themes arising from the research questions ‒ (1) the supervisor’s role and responsibilities in the RTW, (2) the IRSST Sustainable Return to Work Following a Musculoskeletal Disorder 15 Courses of Action for Supervisors supervisor’s actions in connection with his role and responsibilities in the RTW, (3) the problems faced by supervi. [...] The content analysis of the verbatim transcripts brought to light, for each course of action, the clarifications provided by the participants regarding problems that supervisors could encounter in applying the courses of action, strategies for overcoming the problems, and conditions needed to apply the courses of action.