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Vocational Rehabilitation for the Return to Work of Breast Cancer Patients: a Feasibility Study
Sponsor: Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS
Summary
In Italy, 50% of new breast cancer (BC) diagnosis occur in female of working age. Although return to work (RTW) is strongly desired by BC patients, cancer survivors are more likely to be unemployed than healthy individuals. Moreover, work difficulties may hindrance this process. Since 2018, the investigators have planned a local social-healthcare pathway which provides a multidisciplinary vocational rehabilitation intervention with the aim to help cancer survivors in their RTW process. To date, the feasibility of the multidisciplinary vocational rehabilitation interventions has not been verified for BC patients.
Official title: Multidisciplinary Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention to Support the Return to Work of Breast Cancer Patients: a Feasibility Study
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - 67 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
16
Start Date
2022-05-09
Completion Date
2025-11-30
Last Updated
2025-06-13
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Multidisciplinary vocational rehabilitation intervention
* Information aims to provide tailored information concerning the work law protection (this support is already provided for all patients, regardless the type of disease, and also for citizens); * Occupational therapy aims to facilitate the reintegration in the previous workplace through the development of a rehabilitation intervention to overcome work difficulties in agreement with employee, employer and occupational physician, * Social support aims to find new job opportunities (for those who have lost the employment due to the disease) through the giving of support in job search, curriculum preparation, skill analysis, professional retraining and education.
Locations (1)
Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy