Table 2. Categories describing how the participants with subjective cognitive difficulties (n = 7) performing digital work tasks experienced their vocational situation and how the situation influenced their everyday life.

Categories	A) Working to my full potential	B) Working but it is largely up to me	C) Working at the expense of everyday life	D) Working without known difficulties
Participant	1 & 2	3 & 4	5 & 6	7
Subcategories
Influence on vocational situation	Managing work and being competent despite challenges	Managing work but feeling excluded	Managing work by being flexible	Managing work but reflecting sparsely on the situation
Influence of social support	Being supported as needs are made visible	Not being adequately supported at work because needs are not fully understood	Being supported but having unspoken needs that no one identifies
Adoption of management strategies for occupational balance	Prioritizing for an optimal occupational balance	Struggling with occupational balance because of obligations	Loosing occupational balance and valued activities
Adoption of management strategies and routines in work	Using a range of management strategies to enhance work ability	Using management strategies repeatedly to prepare and avoid errors at work	Not using or expressing whether routines and management strategies are needed in work