The Lived Experience of Persons with Spinal Cord Injuries Engaging in Remote Work: A South African Perspective

Table 1

Selection criteria of the participants.

Selection criteria	Motivation
Persons with traumatic SCIs who are of working age.	The research is aimed at exploring the lived experiences of persons with traumatic SCIs who have worked/are working remotely.
Currently or previously employed within remote work for at least three months.	The participant should have lived experience of working remotely in the open labour market to share their perspectives on the barriers and facilitators of remote work. To do so, they would have needed to be employed in that setting for the universal employment trial period of three months [20].
Speak and understand English, Afrikaans, or Zulu.	The three languages predominantly spoken in Gauteng.
Resides within the Gauteng metropole.	Due to the scope, time, and financial considerations of the research, participants had to reside in the Gauteng metropole.
Exclusion criteria	Motivation
Persons with premorbid psychiatric disorders.	Premorbid psychiatric disorders could be a factor impeding the person’s ability to succeed in employment, and this study specifically focused on persons with spinal cord injuries.