Effectiveness of work-related medical rehabilitation in cancer patients: a cluster randomized multicenter trial

Effectiveness of work-related medical rehabilitation in cancer patients: a cluster randomized multicenter trial - WMR-C

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00007770

Enrollment

504

Registered

2015-05-13

Start date

2015-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

C00-D48

Interventions

Group 1: Participants receive the standard rehabilitation program and the following treatments which focus specifically on return to work: social counseling, work-related psychological group treatment

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: poor work ability (positive rating at one of the three scales of the SIBAR (Screening-Instrument Beruf und Arbeit, Bürger und Deck 2009); Karnofsky Performance Status Scale = 70 % (Karnofsky et al. 1948); positive social-medical prognosis (employability of min. 3 hours/day in no later than 6 months)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Primary outcome is self-reported role functioning 12 months after Rehabilitation. The role functioning will be assessed at the beginning of cancer rehabilitation(T1), as well as 3 months (T3) and 12 months (T4) after the end of cancer rehabilitation with a questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30, Aaronson et al. 1993).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcomes will be assessed at the beginning of cancer rehabilitation(T1), at the end of cancer rehabilitation (T2), as well as 3 months (T3) and 12 months (T4) after the end of cancer rehabilitation with a questionnaire: physical functioning (T1, T2, T3, T4, EORTC QLQ-C30, Aaronson et al. 1993); emotional functioning (T1, T2, T3, T4, EORTC QLQ-C30, Aaronson et al. 1993); social functioning (T1, T3, T4, EORTC QLQ-C30, Aaronson et al. 1993); pain (T1, T2, T3, T4, EORTC QLQ-C30, Aaronson et al. 1993); global health (T1, T2, T3, T4, EORTC QLQ-C30, Aaronson et al. 1993); fatigue (T1, T2, T3, T4, EORTC FA-13, Weis et al. 2013); work ability score (T1, T2, T3, T4, Ilmarinen 2007); disease coping (T1, T2, T3, T4, questionnaire on disease coping, Muthny 1989); employment status (T1, T3, T4); disability days (T1, T3, T4, von Korff et al. 1992); time of return to work (T3, T4); realization of work-related aims and therapy content (T2, Bethge et al. 2014); treatment satisfaction (T2, Schmidt et al. 1989); received therapeutic treatments (T2, discharge letter); social-medical capacity evaluation (T2; discharge letter).	—

Measure

Time frame

Secondary outcomes will be assessed at the beginning of cancer rehabilitation(T1), at the end of cancer rehabilitation (T2), as well as 3 months (T3) and 12 months (T4) after the end of cancer rehabilitation with a questionnaire: physical functioning (T1, T2, T3, T4, EORTC QLQ-C30, Aaronson et al. 1993); emotional functioning (T1, T2, T3, T4, EORTC QLQ-C30, Aaronson et al. 1993); social functioning (T1, T3, T4, EORTC QLQ-C30, Aaronson et al. 1993); pain (T1, T2, T3, T4, EORTC QLQ-C30, Aaronson et al. 1993); global health (T1, T2, T3, T4, EORTC QLQ-C30, Aaronson et al. 1993); fatigue (T1, T2, T3, T4, EORTC FA-13, Weis et al. 2013); work ability score (T1, T2, T3, T4, Ilmarinen 2007); disease coping (T1, T2, T3, T4, questionnaire on disease coping, Muthny 1989); employment status (T1, T3, T4); disability days (T1, T3, T4, von Korff et al. 1992); time of return to work (T3, T4); realization of work-related aims and therapy content (T2, Bethge et al. 2014); treatment satisfaction (T2, Schmidt et al. 1989); received therapeutic treatments (T2, discharge letter); social-medical capacity evaluation (T2; discharge letter).

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactDavid Fauser

Universität zu Lübeck, Institut für Sozialmedizin und Epidemiologie, Sektion Rehabilitation und Arbeit

davidpeter.fauser@uksh.de+4945150051233

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 2, 2026