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- Title
Analysis of medico-social factors for return to work among patients presenting with haematological malignancy (adamantine): results of a 'pilot study'.
- Authors
Clin, Bénédicte; Heutte, Natacha; Boulanger, Mathilde; Troussard, Xavier; Cornet, Edouard; Damaj, Ghandi Laurent; Bouvier, Véronique; Guizard, Anne-Valérie; Launoy, Guy; Licaj, Idlir
- Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to describe return to work determinants in patients with haematological malignancy. Results: This medico-social pilot study included patients with haematological malignancy in the département of Calvados, aged 18 to 55 years, diagnosed between 1st January and 31st December 2010 and alive at 1st January 2015. Patients were identified via consultation of the Lower Normandy haematological malignancy Registry. They completed a specially developed self-questionnaire, in addition to validated questionnaires for anxiety-depression, quality of life and fatigue. Of the patients contacted, 50% accepted to participate. The mean age at diagnosis was 49.8 years, and the majority of patients (79.2%) was professionally active at the time of diagnosis. Only 64.9% of subjects had stopped work due to illness. The psychological impact (demonstrated anxiety) was significantly greater in men (p = 0.01). The majority of subjects returned to work after treatment (80.7%) and among them, the mean duration of absence from work was 16.1 months. Only 52.6% of subjects had informed their occupational physician and 56.7% had benefited from a pre-return visit. The satisfactory response rate obtained is promising for the extension of the present project as a prospective multicentric study.
- Subjects
FACTOR analysis; JOB absenteeism; PILOT projects; PHYSICIAN-patient relations; CANCER fatigue
- Publication
BMC Research Notes, 2020, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1756-0500
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13104-020-05149-4