Employment and sick leave in patients with prostate cancer before, during and after radiotherapy
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Employment and sick leave in patients with prostate cancer before, during and after radiotherapy. / Sveistrup, Joen; Mortensen, Ole S; Rosenschöld, Per M; Engelholm, Svend A; Petersen, Peter M.
I: Scandinavian Journal of Urology, Bind 50, Nr. 3, 2016, s. 164-169.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Employment and sick leave in patients with prostate cancer before, during and after radiotherapy
AU - Sveistrup, Joen
AU - Mortensen, Ole S
AU - Rosenschöld, Per M
AU - Engelholm, Svend A
AU - Petersen, Peter M
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine employment outcomes after radiotherapy (RT) for prostate cancer (PCa).MATERIALS AND METHODS: The Danish DREAM database contains information about social benefits paid to Danish citizens. Data are recorded prospectively every week. From the database, it is possible to assess whether a patient is working, on sick leave or retired at a certain time. Data on 417 Danish citizens treated with RT for PCa at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, between 1 January 2005 and 1 May 2010 were obtained from the database. The data were collected during a 2 year period from 1 year before RT to 1 year after RT.RESULTS: Among patients of working age, 75% were still available for work 1 year after RT. The degree of sick leave increased almost continuously in the year before the start of RT and reached a maximum of 56% during RT. After RT it gradually declined. There was no significant difference between the number of patients on sick leave 1 year after RT compared to 1 year before RT (p = 0.23). Patients spent a significantly higher number of weeks on sick leave in the year after the start of RT compared to the year before RT (p = 0.001).CONCLUSION: Except for a transient increase in sick leave during treatment, RT did not seem to affect the working lives of patients with PCa significantly.
AB - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine employment outcomes after radiotherapy (RT) for prostate cancer (PCa).MATERIALS AND METHODS: The Danish DREAM database contains information about social benefits paid to Danish citizens. Data are recorded prospectively every week. From the database, it is possible to assess whether a patient is working, on sick leave or retired at a certain time. Data on 417 Danish citizens treated with RT for PCa at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, between 1 January 2005 and 1 May 2010 were obtained from the database. The data were collected during a 2 year period from 1 year before RT to 1 year after RT.RESULTS: Among patients of working age, 75% were still available for work 1 year after RT. The degree of sick leave increased almost continuously in the year before the start of RT and reached a maximum of 56% during RT. After RT it gradually declined. There was no significant difference between the number of patients on sick leave 1 year after RT compared to 1 year before RT (p = 0.23). Patients spent a significantly higher number of weeks on sick leave in the year after the start of RT compared to the year before RT (p = 0.001).CONCLUSION: Except for a transient increase in sick leave during treatment, RT did not seem to affect the working lives of patients with PCa significantly.
KW - Aged
KW - Employment/statistics & numerical data
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Prospective Studies
KW - Prostatic Neoplasms/radiotherapy
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Sick Leave/statistics & numerical data
U2 - 10.3109/21681805.2015.1119190
DO - 10.3109/21681805.2015.1119190
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26754420
VL - 50
SP - 164
EP - 169
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Urology
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Urology
SN - 2168-1805
IS - 3
ER -
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