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Table 3 Themes and categories emerging from analysis of the interviews

From: Understanding long-term sick leave in female white-collar workers with burnout and stress-related diagnoses: a qualitative study

Theme

Category

Conditions in working life

The men's world

 

Restructuring and profitability problems

 

Poor leadership

Experience of working life

Career focus, but competence mismatching

 

Wrong workplace and colleagues

 

Hard to set limits

Deteriorated health and imbalance

Incidents in private life

 

Imbalance in work- and private life

 

Stress-related symptoms and too little recuperation