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Factors influencing work functioning after cancer diagnosis: a focus group study with cancer survivors and occupational health professionals
PURPOSE: Cancer survivors (CSs) frequently return to work, but little is known about work functioning after return to work (RTW). We aimed to identify barriers and facilitators of work functioning among CSs. METHODS: Three focus groups were conducted with CSs (n = 6, n = 8 and n = 8) and one focus g...
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2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4669376/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26022706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-015-2764-z |
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author | Dorland, H. F. Abma, F. I. Roelen, C. A. M. Smink, J. G. Ranchor, A. V. Bültmann, U. |
author_facet | Dorland, H. F. Abma, F. I. Roelen, C. A. M. Smink, J. G. Ranchor, A. V. Bültmann, U. |
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description | PURPOSE: Cancer survivors (CSs) frequently return to work, but little is known about work functioning after return to work (RTW). We aimed to identify barriers and facilitators of work functioning among CSs. METHODS: Three focus groups were conducted with CSs (n = 6, n = 8 and n = 8) and one focus group with occupational health professionals (n = 7). Concepts were identified by thematic analysis, using the Cancer and Work model as theoretical framework to structure the results. RESULTS: Long-lasting symptoms (e.g. fatigue), poor adaptation, high work ethics, negative attitude to work, ambiguous communication, lack of support and changes in the work environment were mentioned as barriers of work functioning. In contrast, staying at work during treatment, open dialogue, high social support, appropriate work accommodations and high work autonomy facilitated work functioning. CONCLUSIONS: Not only cancer-related symptoms affect work functioning of CSs after RTW but also psychosocial and work-related factors. The barriers and facilitators of work functioning should be further investigated in studies with a longitudinal design to examine work functioning over time. |
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spelling | pubmed-46693762015-12-11 Factors influencing work functioning after cancer diagnosis: a focus group study with cancer survivors and occupational health professionals Dorland, H. F. Abma, F. I. Roelen, C. A. M. Smink, J. G. Ranchor, A. V. Bültmann, U. Support Care Cancer Original Article PURPOSE: Cancer survivors (CSs) frequently return to work, but little is known about work functioning after return to work (RTW). We aimed to identify barriers and facilitators of work functioning among CSs. METHODS: Three focus groups were conducted with CSs (n = 6, n = 8 and n = 8) and one focus group with occupational health professionals (n = 7). Concepts were identified by thematic analysis, using the Cancer and Work model as theoretical framework to structure the results. RESULTS: Long-lasting symptoms (e.g. fatigue), poor adaptation, high work ethics, negative attitude to work, ambiguous communication, lack of support and changes in the work environment were mentioned as barriers of work functioning. In contrast, staying at work during treatment, open dialogue, high social support, appropriate work accommodations and high work autonomy facilitated work functioning. CONCLUSIONS: Not only cancer-related symptoms affect work functioning of CSs after RTW but also psychosocial and work-related factors. The barriers and facilitators of work functioning should be further investigated in studies with a longitudinal design to examine work functioning over time. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015-05-29 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4669376/ /pubmed/26022706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-015-2764-z Text en © The Author(s) 2015 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Dorland, H. F. Abma, F. I. Roelen, C. A. M. Smink, J. G. Ranchor, A. V. Bültmann, U. Factors influencing work functioning after cancer diagnosis: a focus group study with cancer survivors and occupational health professionals |
title | Factors influencing work functioning after cancer diagnosis: a focus group study with cancer survivors and occupational health professionals |
title_full | Factors influencing work functioning after cancer diagnosis: a focus group study with cancer survivors and occupational health professionals |
title_fullStr | Factors influencing work functioning after cancer diagnosis: a focus group study with cancer survivors and occupational health professionals |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors influencing work functioning after cancer diagnosis: a focus group study with cancer survivors and occupational health professionals |
title_short | Factors influencing work functioning after cancer diagnosis: a focus group study with cancer survivors and occupational health professionals |
title_sort | factors influencing work functioning after cancer diagnosis: a focus group study with cancer survivors and occupational health professionals |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4669376/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26022706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-015-2764-z |
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