Understanding Return to Work After Stroke Internationally: A Scoping Review

Objective: With the increasing incidence and earlier onset of cancer, more and more cancer patients are facing the problems of return-to-work. This review is to explore the types, contents, and results of return-to-work interventions for cancer patients. Methods: This scoping review followed Arksey and O’Malley’s framework and PRISMA-ScR List. Three Chinese databases and five English databases were searched from the establishment of databases to 31 March, 2021. Article selection and data extraction were conducted by two researchers. Results: Thirty-two studies and 1916 cancer patients with mainly breast and gastrointestinal cancer were included. According to the contents, interventions could be divided into four types: (1) physical interventions ( n = 6), including high-intensity exercise, low-to-moderate intensity exercise, yoga, and upper limb functional training, (2) psychological interventions ( n = 2), including early active individualized psychosocial support and mindfulness-based recovery, (3) vocational interventions ( n = 14), including making work plans, educational leaflets, vocational consultations, electronic health intervention, and interventions targeting at employers, (4) multidisciplinary interventions ( n = 10), including any combination of above interventions. Physical exercises, making working plans, vocational consultations, educational leaflets, two combinations of vocational and physical interventions were validated to have positive results in enhancing cancer patients’ return-to-work. Conclusions: Return-to-work interventions for cancer patients are diversified and can be divided into physical, psychological, vocational, and multidisciplinary interventions. Medical staffs can utilize physical exercises, making working plans, vocational consultation, educational leaflets, combinations of vocational and physical interventions to enhance cancer patients’ return-to-work. Other interventions still need to be developed and validated.

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Rückkehr an den Arbeitsplatz nach psychischer Erkrankung – Ein Scoping Review

Psychiatrische Praxis ◽

10.1055/a-1310-2591 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Daniela Blank ◽

Peter Brieger ◽

Johannes Hamann

Keyword(s):

Return To Work ◽

Scoping Review ◽

Rückkehr An Den Arbeitsplatz

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Erwerbstätige mit einer psychischen Erkrankung haben nach einer psychischen Krise oft massive Schwierigkeiten, ihre Arbeit wiederaufzunehmen. Ziel des Reviews ist, einen internationalen Überblick über Return-to-Work (RTW)-Interventionen zu geben. Methode Es wurde eine systematische Literaturrecherche durchgeführt. Ergebnisse 88 Artikel wurden gesichtet und 29 Studien eingeschlossen. Die untersuchten RTW-Interventionen setzen an 3 Punkten an: 1) Individuum, 2) Arbeitsumfeld und 3) Versorgungsstruktur. Für den überwiegenden Teil zeigt sich, dass die Maßnahmen eine positive Wirkung erzielen. Schlussfolgerungen Obgleich nicht alle Interventionen auf den deutschen Kontext übertragen werden können, so geben sie wichtige Hinweise, wie ein Unterstützungsangebot an der Schnittstelle zwischen Gesundheitssystem und Arbeit gestaltet werden kann.

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Prostate Cancer Treatment and Work: A Scoping Review

American Journal of Men s Health ◽

10.1177/1557988320979257 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 155798832097925

Author(s):

Wellam F. Yu Ko ◽

John L. Oliffe ◽

Joan L. Bottorff

Keyword(s):

Prostate Cancer ◽

Return To Work ◽

Cancer Treatment ◽

Scoping Review ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Significant Proportion ◽

Future Research ◽

Prostate Cancer Treatment ◽

Work Lives ◽

The Impact

Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy diagnosed in North American men. Although medical advances have improved survival rates, men treated for prostate cancer experience side-effects that can reduce their work capacity, increase financial stress, and affect their career and/or retirement plans. Working-age males comprise a significant proportion of new prostate cancer diagnoses. It is important, therefore, to understand the connections between prostate cancer and men’s work lives. This scoping review aimed to summarize and disseminate current research evidence about the impact of prostate cancer treatment on men’s work lives. Electronic databases were searched to identify peer-reviewed articles published between 2006 and 2020 that reported on the impact of prostate cancer treatment on men’s work. Following scoping review guidelines, 21 articles that met inclusion criteria were identified and analyzed. Evidence related to the impact of prostate cancer on work was grouped under three themes: (1) work outcomes after prostate cancer treatment; (2) return to work considerations, and (3) impact of prostate cancer treatment on men’s finances. Findings indicate that men’s return to work may be more gradual than expected after prostate cancer treatment. Some men may feel pressured by financial stressors and masculine ideals to resume work. Diverse factors including older age and social benefits appear to play a role in shaping men’s work-related plans after prostate cancer treatment. The findings provide direction for future research and offer clinicians a synthesis of current knowledge about the challenges men face in resuming work in the aftermath of prostate cancer treatment.

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