Trial reportDeutsches Arzteblatt international2019
Work-Related Medical Rehabilitation in Cancer: A Cluster-Randomized Multicenter Study.
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- Evidence-based guideline diagnosis, treatment, prevention and aftercare of oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal carcinoma.German medical science : GMS e-journal · 2025Guideline
- Socioeconomic differences in return to work after oncological rehabilitation: An analysis using data from German Pension Insurance.Journal of health monitoring · 2026Article
- Work-Related Medical Rehabilitation for Cancer Patients Receiving Non-postacute Rehabilitation.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2023Article
- Cancer rehabilitation support by cancer counselling centres (CARES): study protocol of a quasi-experimental feasibility study.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Influencing factors analysis of adaptability of cancer patients to return-to-work.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Rehabilitation after Allogeneic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Special Challenge.Cancers · 2021Review
- Interventions on cognitions and perceptions that influence work participation of employees with chronic health problems: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundCurrent guidelines recommend rehabilitative measures to alleviate dis- turbances resulting from cancer and its treatment. To give cancer survivors further assistance in getting back to work, work-related medical rehabilitation is currently being tested in Germany. In this cluster-randomized, multicenter trial, we studied the efficacy of work-related medical rehabilitation compared with conventional medical rehabilitation (trial no. DRKS00007770 in the German Clinical Trials Registry).
methodsA total of 484 cancer survivors of working age who were candidates for rehabilitation were recruited and assigned at random to either the intervention group (IG; work-related medical rehabilitation) or the control group (CG). The primary end- point was self-assessed function in a role one year after the end of rehabilitation, as evaluated with the health-related quality of life questionnaire of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC QLQ-C30). Further endpoints included symptom and function scales, subjective ability to work, coping with illness, and return to work. Neither the medical personnel nor the subjects were blinded.
resultsOne year after the end of rehabilitation, data from 379 subjects who par- ticipated in the last follow-up survey were evaluated. The intervention and control groups did not differ significantly either in the primary endpoint of role function (IG = 60.8 vs. CG = 57.6 out of a maximum of 100 points; p = 0.204) or in any of the secondary endpoints. A last observation carried forward analysis yielded com- parable results. At 12 months, 28.5% of the subjects in the IG and 25.3% of those in the CG were still unable to work.
conclusionThis study did not reveal any significant clinically relevant advantage of work-related medical rehabilitation at one year. Future studies should determine whether a second period of rehabilitation might be helpful and whether selected subjects might benefit from the assistance of case managers beyond the period of rehabilitation.
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