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Cancer@Work - a nurse-led, stepped-care, e-health intervention to enhance the return to work of patients with cancer: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Return to Work Interventions for Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and a Methodological Critique.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Return-to-work coordination programmes for improving return to work in workers on sick leave.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
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- Effectiveness of family support-based companion video sharing to improve depression in perinatal maternity: a randomized controlled trial study protocol.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Impact of a mobile health intervention based on multi-theory model of health behavior change on self-management in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- M-Health in lung cancer: A literature review.SAGE open medicine · 2023Review
- Preferred Methods of Measuring Work Participation: An International Survey Among Trialists and Cochrane Systematic Reviewers.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2022Article
- eHealth Interventions for Dutch Cancer Care: Systematic Review Using the Triple Aim Lens.JMIR cancer · 2022Review
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- Virtual care models for cancer survivorship.NPJ digital medicine · 2020Review
- 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
- A cooperative support model for cancer therapy and employment balance: from focus-group interviews of health and business professionals.Industrial health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough the importance of work for patients with cancer is nowadays more acknowledged both in the literature as well as in cancer survivorship care, effective interventions targeting the return to work of these patients are still scarce. Therefore, we developed a nurse-led, stepped-care, e-health intervention aimed at enhancing the return to work of patients with cancer. The objective of this study is to describe the content of the intervention and the study design used to evaluate the feasibility and (cost) effectiveness of the intervention.
methodsWe designed a multi-centre randomised controlled trial with a follow-up of 12 months. Patients who have paid employment at the time of diagnosis, are on sick leave and are between 18-62 years old will be eligible to participate. After patients have signed the informed consent form and filled in the baseline questionnaire, they are randomly allocated to either the nurse-led, stepped-care, e-health intervention called Cancer@Work, or care as usual. The primary outcome is sustainable return to work. Secondary outcomes are sick leave days, work ability, work functioning, quality of life, quality of working life and time from initial sick leave to full return to work without extensive need for recovery. The feasibility of the Cancer@Work intervention and direct and indirect costs will be determined. Outcomes will be assessed by questionnaires at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months of follow-up. DISCUSSION: The results of this study will provide new insights into the feasibility and (cost) effectiveness of Cancer@Work, a nurse-led, stepped-care, e-health intervention for cancer patients aimed at enhancing their return to work. If proven effective, the intention is to implement the Cancer@Work intervention in usual psycho-oncological care.
trial registrationNTR (Netherlands Trial Registry): NTR5190 . Registered on 18 June 2015.
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