ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2009
Sickness absence and return to work rates in women with breast cancer.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prognostic factors for return to work in breast cancer survivors.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- The global impact of non-communicable diseases on macro-economic productivity: a systematic review.European journal of epidemiology · 2015Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a Tailored Work-Related Support Intervention for Patients Diagnosed with Gastrointestinal Cancer: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2021Trial
- Sick leave patterns among 5-year cancer survivors: a registry-based retrospective cohort study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2012Trial
- Return to work and psychosocial trajectories after breast cancer: a longitudinal and sequential approach.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Association of social service counseling in breast cancer patients with financial problems, role functioning and employment-results from the prospective multicenter BRENDA II study.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2023Article
- Informing the development of multidisciplinary interventions to help breast cancer patients return to work: a qualitative study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Financial difficulties in breast cancer survivors with and without migration background in Germany-results from the prospective multicentre cohort study BRENDA II.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Sickness absence and disability pension among women with breast cancer: a population-based cohort study from Sweden.BMC public health · 2021Article
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- Cancer Survivors' Social Context in the Return to Work Process: Narrative Accounts of Social Support and Social Comparison Information.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Loss in working years after a breast cancer diagnosis.British journal of cancer · 2018Article
- The long-term financial consequences of breast cancer: a Danish registry-based cohort study.BMC public health · 2017Article
- Quality of working life of cancer survivors: development of a cancer-specific questionnaire.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2016Article
- Factors Related to Return to Work in Women After Breast Cancer in Iran.Iranian Red Crescent medical journal · 2015Article
- Predictors of return to work in cancer survivors in the Royal Air Force.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2015Article
- Return to work following breast cancer treatment: the employers' side.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2014Article
- Return to work after treatment for primary breast cancer over a 6-year period: results from a prospective study comparing patients with the general population.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2013Article
- Survived but feeling vulnerable and insecure: a qualitative study of the mental preparation for RTW after breast cancer treatment.BMC public health · 2012Article
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Abstract
purposeMost women are diagnosed with breast cancer when they are of working age. How long are breast cancer patients absent? How many of them return to work?
methodsArboNed Occupational Health Services documents sickness absence data of 1 million workers of whom 40% were women. Between 2001 and 2005, 2,259 women had 2,361 episodes of sickness absence due to breast cancer. These absence episodes were followed for 2 years using Kaplan-Meier analysis.
resultsThe mean +/- standard error of mean duration of absence due to breast cancer was 349 +/- 5 days. Thirty-seven percent of absences lasted longer than one year and 12% of absences lasted longer than 2 years particularly in women aged 25-34 years.
conclusionsThe mean duration of sickness absence due to breast cancer was nearly a year, but most women returned to work. The results of the study can be used as a reference for return to work of women following breast cancer.
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