TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vlaski, Tomislav
AU  - Caspari, Reiner
AU  - Fischer, Harald
AU  - Trarbach, Tanja
AU  - Slavic, Marija
AU  - Brenner, Hermann
AU  - Schöttker, Ben
TI  - 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.
JO  - The journal of occupational rehabilitation
VL  - nn
SN  - 1053-0487
CY  - Dordrecht [u.a.]
PB  - Springer Science + Business Media B.V.
M1  - DKFZ-2025-02306
SP  - nn
PY  - 2025
N1  - #EA:C070#LA:C070# epub
AB  - 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
KW  - Cancer rehabilitation (Other)
KW  - Cancer survivorship (Other)
KW  - Colorectal cancer (Other)
KW  - Return to work (Other)
KW  - Social medical assessment of work capacity (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:41205086
DO  - DOI:10.1007/s10926-025-10338-8
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/305683
ER  -