Cancer, return to work, worker, employee, employer. Kanker, werkhervatting, werknemer, werkgever.
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention consists of an online toolbox targeting the participant’s employer. With ‘employer’ we refer to the person who is, from his/her role as (direct) supervisor, human resource manager or
Sponsors
Amsterdam UMC, location AMC / University of Amsterdam (UvA) and University Maastricht (UM).
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Diagnosed with cancer 6 months remaining) or permanent contract on part-time, full-time of flexible basis. - Able to understand, speak and read Dutch sufficiently.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Not yet disclosed being diagnosed with cancer to the employer.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome measure of the intervention is the combined outcome measure successful RTW. This outcome measure is a combination of RTW (having performed work activities in own work or in replacement work during the past four weeks) and a subgroup analyses for the ones that did return to work: degrees of successfulness of RTW (a new weighted, on individual level, outcome measure). The degrees of successfulness of RTW contains seven items, which were found to constitute successful RTW most importantly, according to employees diagnosed with cancer: ‘enjoyment in work’, ‘work without sacrificing health’, ‘open communication with employer’, ‘perceived confidence from employer without assumptions about workability’, ‘feeling welcome at work’, ‘good work-life balance’ and ‘joint satisfaction about the work situation (employer and employee)’. Each participant rates each items on its perceived importance and on its success. The combination of the items’ relative perceived importance and the items’ success determines the degrees of successfulness of RTW. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcome measures are: Effectiveness of the intervention: - Quality of Working life - Unwanted work changes Others: - Participation in co-interventions - Contact with the employer | — |
Outcome results
None listed