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The transition between work, sickness absence and pension in a cohort of Danish colorectal cancer survivors
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of socioeconomic and clinical factors on the transitions between work, sickness absence and retirement in a cohort of Danish colorectal cancer survivors. DESIGN: Register-based cohort study with up to 10 years of follow-up. SETTING: Popula...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586129/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23444446 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002259 |
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author | Carlsen, Kathrine Harling, Henrik Pedersen, Jacob Christensen, Karl Bang Osler, Merete |
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description | OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of socioeconomic and clinical factors on the transitions between work, sickness absence and retirement in a cohort of Danish colorectal cancer survivors. DESIGN: Register-based cohort study with up to 10 years of follow-up. SETTING: Population-based study with use of administrative health-related and socioeconomic registers. PARTICIPANTS: All persons (N=4343) diagnosed with colorectal cancer in Denmark during the years 2001–2009 while they were in their working age (18–63 years) and who were part of the labour force 1 year postdiagnosis. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: By the use of multistate models in Cox proportional hazards models, we analysed the HR for re-employment, sickness absence and retirement in models including clinical as well as health-related variables. RESULTS: 1 year after diagnosis, 62% were working and 58% continued until the end of follow-up. Socioeconomic factors were found to be associated with retirement but not with sickness absence and return to work. The risk for transition from work to sickness absence increased if the disease was diagnosed at a later stage (stage III) 1.52 (95% CI 1.21 to 1.91), not operated curatively 1.35 (95% CI 1.11 to 1.63) and with occurrence of postoperative complications 1.25 (95% CI 1.11 to 1.41). The opposite was found for the transition from sickness absence back to work. CONCLUSIONS: This nationwide study of colorectal cancer patients who have survived 1 year shows that the stage of disease, general health condition of the individual, postoperative complications and the history of sickness absence and unemployment have an impact on the transition between work, sickness absence and disability pension. This leads to an increased focus on the rehabilitation process for the more vulnerable persons who have a combination of severe disease and a history of work-related problems with episodes outside the working market. |
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spelling | pubmed-35861292013-03-11 The transition between work, sickness absence and pension in a cohort of Danish colorectal cancer survivors Carlsen, Kathrine Harling, Henrik Pedersen, Jacob Christensen, Karl Bang Osler, Merete BMJ Open Oncology OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of socioeconomic and clinical factors on the transitions between work, sickness absence and retirement in a cohort of Danish colorectal cancer survivors. DESIGN: Register-based cohort study with up to 10 years of follow-up. SETTING: Population-based study with use of administrative health-related and socioeconomic registers. PARTICIPANTS: All persons (N=4343) diagnosed with colorectal cancer in Denmark during the years 2001–2009 while they were in their working age (18–63 years) and who were part of the labour force 1 year postdiagnosis. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: By the use of multistate models in Cox proportional hazards models, we analysed the HR for re-employment, sickness absence and retirement in models including clinical as well as health-related variables. RESULTS: 1 year after diagnosis, 62% were working and 58% continued until the end of follow-up. Socioeconomic factors were found to be associated with retirement but not with sickness absence and return to work. The risk for transition from work to sickness absence increased if the disease was diagnosed at a later stage (stage III) 1.52 (95% CI 1.21 to 1.91), not operated curatively 1.35 (95% CI 1.11 to 1.63) and with occurrence of postoperative complications 1.25 (95% CI 1.11 to 1.41). The opposite was found for the transition from sickness absence back to work. CONCLUSIONS: This nationwide study of colorectal cancer patients who have survived 1 year shows that the stage of disease, general health condition of the individual, postoperative complications and the history of sickness absence and unemployment have an impact on the transition between work, sickness absence and disability pension. This leads to an increased focus on the rehabilitation process for the more vulnerable persons who have a combination of severe disease and a history of work-related problems with episodes outside the working market. BMJ Publishing Group 2013-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3586129/ /pubmed/23444446 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002259 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode |
spellingShingle | Oncology Carlsen, Kathrine Harling, Henrik Pedersen, Jacob Christensen, Karl Bang Osler, Merete The transition between work, sickness absence and pension in a cohort of Danish colorectal cancer survivors |
title | The transition between work, sickness absence and pension in a cohort of Danish colorectal cancer survivors |
title_full | The transition between work, sickness absence and pension in a cohort of Danish colorectal cancer survivors |
title_fullStr | The transition between work, sickness absence and pension in a cohort of Danish colorectal cancer survivors |
title_full_unstemmed | The transition between work, sickness absence and pension in a cohort of Danish colorectal cancer survivors |
title_short | The transition between work, sickness absence and pension in a cohort of Danish colorectal cancer survivors |
title_sort | transition between work, sickness absence and pension in a cohort of danish colorectal cancer survivors |
topic | Oncology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586129/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23444446 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002259 |
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