2. Improving work outcomes for people with arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions (with Professor Yeliz Prior)

Host: Dr Peter Ghin

Producer: Cultural Value

Today I chat with the delightful Yeliz Prior. Yeliz is a Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation at the School of Health and Society at Salford University in the UK

Yeliz’s research explores the effective management of rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions in the workplace and the use of digital health technologies to enable wider access to health information, diagnosis, treatment and self-management. As you’ll hear, Yeliz’s research is informed by her lived experience of axial spondyloarthritis and she talks through her own process of being diagnosed with the condition. 

We talk about the impact MSK conditions can have on people’s daily life and their capacity to work. We focus her and colleague’s research as part of the Work Well trial in the UK, which is a randomised control trial which is looking at the efficacy of occupational therapy interventions in supporting people to better manage their conditions and remain in employment.

References

WORKWELL trial

The WORKWELL trial (research protocol)

WORKWELL Digital

VERSUS Arthritis

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