Vocational adjustment, work interests, work values, and rehabilitation outlook of women on long term hemodialysis.

Abstract

Twenty two women on long term hemodialysis were interviewed to determine their vocational plans, work interests and values prior to and following dialysis. Each woman was assessed on two similar semistructured interviews designed to obtain the pre-dialysis and postdialysis history, yielding comparisons on 12 measures of adjustment. The interviews were coded by two independent raters, yielding significant interjudge reliability estimates. All women on dialysis were productive either as workers in the competitive labor market or as homemakers. Single, employed women continued to work, with no significant reduction in working hours. The majority of women with dual track careers (working wives) had to give up their jobs because of the reduced hours available for outside employment. Full time homemakers prior to dialysis remained homemakers. The implications for chronic disability and women's careers were discussed.This study focused on the vocational adjustment, work interests, work values, career plans, and rehabilitation outlook of women on long term hemodialysis. Their average length of stay on dialysis was 21 months. They did not have the expectation of renal transplantation, and were selected from the dialysis wards after they

A Comparison of Work Value Preferences of Individuals With Disabilities and Individuals Without Disabilities

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