%0 Journal Article
%A Vlaski, Tomislav
%A Caspari, Reiner
%A Fischer, Harald
%A Trarbach, Tanja
%A Slavic, Marija
%A Brenner, Hermann
%A Schöttker, Ben
%T Evaluation of the Socio-Medical Assessment of Work Capacity in Patients with Colorectal Cancer in German Rehabilitation Clinics: Its Diagnostic Accuracy for Actual Return to Work and the Physicians' Views on Potential Changes in Current Practice.
%J The journal of occupational rehabilitation
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%@ 1053-0487
%C Dordrecht [u.a.]
%I Springer Science + Business Media B.V.
%M DKFZ-2025-02306
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%D 2025
%Z #EA:C070#LA:C070# epub
%X Return to work (RTW) is a goal of many patients with colorectal cancer (PwCRC) attending inpatient rehabilitation. In German rehabilitation clinics, physicians conduct the socio-medical assessment of work capacity (SMWC) with the aim of assessing the current ability to work. We tested how well it also predicts the actual RTW of PwCRC.This study combined a nationwide physician survey (n = 38) with longitudinal data from a cohort study of PwCRC (n = 172) aged 65 or younger who were employed prior to CRC diagnosis. Physicians were asked about their use of validated tools for the SMWC and their attitudes toward a standardized assessment checklist. PwCRC completed baseline and 9-month follow-up questionnaires about their employment status. SMWC results of the cohort study's participants were extracted from rehabilitation discharge reports.While 97
%K Cancer rehabilitation (Other)
%K Cancer survivorship (Other)
%K Colorectal cancer (Other)
%K Return to work (Other)
%K Social medical assessment of work capacity (Other)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:41205086
%R 10.1007/s10926-025-10338-8
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/305683