ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2006
Enhanced provider communication and patient education regarding return to work in cancer survivors following curative treatment: a pilot study.
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- Return to Work Interventions for Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and a Methodological Critique.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Prognostic factors for return to work and work disability among colorectal cancer survivors; A systematic review.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
- Return to work of breast cancer survivors: a systematic review of intervention studies.BMC cancer · 2009Pooled it
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- Supporting the Return to Work of Breast Cancer Survivors: From a Theoretical to a Clinical Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Economic Burden of Cancer in Canada from a Societal Perspective.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Article
- Practice-Based Evidence to Support Return to Work in Cancer Patients.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Article
- Understanding the Process and Challenges for Return-to-Work Post-Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation from a Musculoskeletal Perspective: A Narrative Review.Occupational therapy international · 2021Review
- A return-to-work intervention protocol directed at cancer patients (self-assessment, tailored information & lifestyle management for returning to work among cancer patients, START): A multi-center, randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2020Article
- Return-to-Work Guidelines and Programs for Post-Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Survivors: An Initial Survey.Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation · 2020Article
- Evaluation of Factors Associated With Unmet Needs in Adult Cancer Survivors in Canada.JAMA network open · 2020Article
- Is a tailored work-related support intervention feasible in everyday clinical practice? The experience of healthcare professionals and patients with cancer.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundFor employed cancer survivors, returning to work and maintaining employment is an important aspect of their quality of life. We developed an intervention aimed at enhancing this by means of (a) providing the patient with an educational leaflet on return to work and (b) enhancing communication between attending and occupational physicians. The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of this intervention and to examine the relation of patient adherence to the advice of the leaflet and return to work.
methodsA patient series of 35 employed cancer survivors was used to evaluate the intervention. Survivors completed a baseline questionnaire prior to their treatment. Survivors and occupational physicians were interviewed by telephone eight weeks following all curative treatment. Our measure of feasibility included satisfaction of survivors with the intervention, adherence to the advice, time to return to work, satisfaction of occupational physicians with the intervention, and perceived influence on their rehabilitation efforts.
resultsInterviews of 26 survivors and 24 occupational physicians, revealed that those groups perceived the leaflet as useful (i.e., 7 on a 0-10 scale. Also seven out of ten suggestions in the leaflet was adhered to and half of the occupational physicians perceived the guidance they provided was helpful. However there was no effect of level of adherence on actual return to work.
conclusionThis pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of the approach used. However level of adherence to educational leaflet was not associated with an improvement in return to work in cancer survivors.
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