Not taking sick leave for gynecologic cancer treatment is negatively associated with returning to the same workplace
Abstract Background Gynecologic cancers are one of the most common types of malignancies in working-age women. We aimed to determine the factors that impede women from returning to the same workplace after treatment for such cancers. Methods A questionnaire-based survey was conducted on 194 women wh...
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Published in | Japanese journal of clinical oncology Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 292 - 296 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
Oxford University Press
09.03.2024
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Summary: | Abstract
Background
Gynecologic cancers are one of the most common types of malignancies in working-age women. We aimed to determine the factors that impede women from returning to the same workplace after treatment for such cancers.
Methods
A questionnaire-based survey was conducted on 194 women who underwent treatment for gynecologic cancer at the Okayama University (≥1 year after cancer treatment and <65 years of age). We performed a logistic regression analysis to determine the relationship between returning to the same workplace and not taking sick leave.
Results
The median age at diagnosis was 49.0 years, and the median time from cancer treatment to questionnaire completion was 3.8 years. Not returning to the same workplace was positively associated with not being regularly employed (P = 0.018), short work time per day (P = 0.023), low personal income (P = 0.004), not taking sick leave (P < 0.001), advanced cancer stage (P = 0.018) and long treatment time (P = 0.032). Interestingly, not taking sick leave was strongly associated with not returning to the same workplace in the multivariable analysis (P < 0.001).
Conclusions
Not taking sick leave likely was negatively associated with returning to the same workplace after the treatment for gynecologic cancer. Therefore, we suggest that steps be taken to formally introduce a sick leave system over and above the paid leave system in Japan.
Not taking sick leave likely was negatively associated with returning to the same workplace after the treatment for gynecologic cancer. |
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ISSN: | 1465-3621 0368-2811 1465-3621 |
DOI: | 10.1093/jjco/hyad159 |