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Sickness absence and return to work rates in women with breast cancer

Erschienen in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health | Ausgabe 4/2009

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Abstract

Purpose

Most women are diagnosed with breast cancer when they are of working age. How long are breast cancer patients absent? How many of them return to work?

Methods

ArboNed Occupational Health Services documents sickness absence data of 1 million workers of whom 40% were women. Between 2001 and 2005, 2,259 women had 2,361 episodes of sickness absence due to breast cancer. These absence episodes were followed for 2 years using Kaplan–Meier analysis.

Results

The mean ± standard error of mean duration of absence due to breast cancer was 349 ± 5 days. Thirty-seven percent of absences lasted longer than one year and 12% of absences lasted longer than 2 years particularly in women aged 25–34 years.

Conclusions

The mean duration of sickness absence due to breast cancer was nearly a year, but most women returned to work. The results of the study can be used as a reference for return to work of women following breast cancer.

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Titel: Sickness absence and return to work rates in women with breast cancer
Publikationsdatum: 01.03.2009
Erschienen in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health / Ausgabe 4/2009
Print ISSN: 0340-0131
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1246
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-008-0359-4

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