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ooking beyond return to work: a longitudinal study on health-related work functioning in cancer survivors.

Completed
Conditions
cancer
Tumors
10027656
Registration Number
NL-OMON39291
Lead Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
1300
Inclusion Criteria

1. Individuals of working age (i.e. between 18-65 years) with incident cancer.
2. Connected at an Occupational Health Service for their absenteeism.
3. Returned to paid work during the past 8 weeks (minimum of 12 contracted work hours/week).
4. Having had a history of paid work (minimum of 12 contracted work hours/week) for at least 1 year prior to diagnosis.
5. Who are able to understand and complete a questionnaire in Dutch.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Recurrent cancer

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>1. (Health-related) work functioning<br /><br>2. Employment status</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>3. facets of health / well-being or productivity<br /><br><br /><br>- Cancer survivor characteristics (e.g. age, gender, education, occupation,<br /><br>tenure in current job, sickness absence)<br /><br>- Health and well-being<br /><br>- Medical factors (e.g. cancer site, received treatments, self-rated<br /><br>health, co morbidity)<br /><br>- Symptoms (e.g. fatigue, cognitive failures, depression and<br /><br>anxiety, sleep disturbances)<br /><br>- Function (physical and social functioning)<br /><br>- Work demands (physical, mental, psychosocial)<br /><br>- Work environment (e.g. social support, work accommodations)<br /><br>- Psychological and individual work-related factors (e.g. mastery, job<br /><br>satisfaction)<br /><br>- Social environmental factors (social support)</p><br>
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