Supporting participation in paid work of cancer survivors and their partners in the Netherlands: protocol of the SusTained Employability in cancer Patients and their partnerS (STEPS) multi-centre randomized controlled trial and cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many cancer survivors experience physical and/or psychosocial problems affecting return to work (RTW) and work retention. Current interventions on RTW lack evidence regarding effectiveness, while interventions for work retention are missing. Partners of cancer survivors may also experience work- and health-related outcomes; yet, these consequences are not well understood. Here, the protocol of the STEPS study is described. The study aims are to: 1) evaluate the (cost-)effectiveness of a rehabilitation program for RTW and work retention in cancer survivors, and 2) assess health- and work-related outcomes among cancer survivors' partners.

Methods

In a multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT), 236 working-age cancer survivors with an employment contract will be

SUBMITTER: Zegers AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8506084 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature