title: Are rehabilitation programmes enabling clients to return to work? Return to work perspectives of individuals with mild to moderate brain injury in South Africa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the perceptions and experiences of individuals with brain injury with regard to return to work rehabilitation programmes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nine males and one female who were diagnosed with a moderate to mild brain injury participated in the study.
  
  
  METHODS
  In-depth interviews were conducted and data were analyzed using a qualitative approach to explicate patterns and themes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two themes emerged that reflected the lived experiences of individuals with brain injury regarding intervention programmes that influenced their ability to return to work after the brain injury: 1) Enablers of return to work programmes, 2) Barriers related to return to work programmes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Occupational therapy practitioners as well as rehabilitation personnel should identify and eliminate the barriers that impact on return to work intervention programmes, incorporate the enablers identified in this study when designing return to work programmes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, University of the Western Cape, Belville, South Africa. msoeker@uwc.ac.za
authors.forename: Mogammad Shaheed
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Soeker
authors.forename: Viki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Van Rensburg
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Travill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010465:Perception; D024382:Professional Role; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D062707:Return to Work; D012649:Self Concept; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013019:South Africa