ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2011
Resuming work after cancer: a prospective study of occupational register data.
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- How does Gender Influence Sustainable Return to Work Following Prolonged Work Disability? An Interpretive Description Study.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2021Review
- Risk of being granted disability pension among incident cancer patients before and after a structural pension reform: A Danish population-based, matched cohort study.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2020Article
- Supporting the Return to Work After Cancer in Romania: Exploring Employers' Perspectives.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionLong-term employment rates have been studied in cancer survivors, but little is known about the return to work of cancer patients. This study investigated return to work (RTW) within 2 years after the diagnosis of different types of cancer.
methodsThis prospective study investigated the associations of demographics (age, gender, socioeconomic status, and residential region) and occupational factors (occupation, duration of employment, and company size) of employees absent from work due to cancer with the time to partial RTW, defined as working at least 50% of the earnings before sickness absence. Likewise, the associations of demographics and occupational factors with full RTW at equal earnings as before sickness absence were investigated.
resultsThe cohort included 5,234 employees who had been absent from work due to cancer between January 2004 and December 2006. The time to partial RTW was shortest among employees with skin cancer (median 55 days) and longest among employees with lung cancer (median 377 days). There were no significant associations between RTW and demographics. With regard to the occupational factors, employees in high occupational classes started working earlier than those in low occupational classes, but the time to full RTW did not differ significantly across occupational classes. Employees working in large companies returned to work earlier than those working in small companies.
conclusionRTW after different types of cancer depended on occupational factors rather than demographics.
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