Sickness absence and full return to work after cancer: 2-year follow-up of register data for different cancer sites
Sickness absence and full return to work after cancer: 2-year follow-up of register data for different cancer sites
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DOI:
10.1002/pon.1820
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发表时间:
2011-09-01
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影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Bultmann, Ute
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作者:
Roelen, Corne A.;Koopmans, Petra C.;Bultmann, Ute
Objective: Cancer survival has improved in recent years, but data on return to work (RTW) after cancer are sparsely published. Therefore, this study analysed RTW after cancer.Methods: Employees diagnosed with breast cancer, genital cancer, gastro-intestinal cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, or blood malignancies were selected from an occupational health register. Sickness absence was followed for 2 years after diagnosis and full RTW at equal earnings as before sickness absence was assessed for each cancer site using Cox proportional hazards regression analysis stratifying for age and gender.Results: 3701 (73%) of 5074 employees with cancer had full RTW after a median duration of 290 days. Employees with lung cancer had the longest duration of sickness absence and only 45% of them had full RTW 2 years after diagnosis compared with 88% of employees with genital cancer and 87% of employees with skin cancer. Age was associated with the time to full RTW among employees with genital cancer: women aged >= 35 years had a longer time to full RTW compared with women = 55 years had a longer time to full RTW compared with men