Grant received in 2022
DCCC has funded 139,315 DKK to the project
Close to 4000 Danes are each year diagnosed with colorectal cancer. More than 25 % are of working age at the time of diagnosis, and this proportion is steadily incerasing, as more young people are dignosed and the retirement age is growing. Previous studies have shown that a large proportion of colorectal cancer patients do not return to work after the treatment, and those who do, work less than the background population. This may impact the quality of life of the individual patient and affect socio-economics at a national level.
Knowledge is currently lacking regarding which patients are affected, the challenges they meet, and how they can be supported in returning to work and retaining affiliation to the labour market in the long term. This study aims to explore colorectal cancer patients experience with returning to work after end of treatment. The results will qualify professionals to support colorectal cancer patients in their return to work in the future.
Status March 2023:
A protocol for a qualitative study has been drawn up, which can be used to apply for various funds. The initiative, which the DCCC has supported, has thus come to an end.
Multidisciplinary organisation
DCCG (Danish Colorectal Cancer Group) & Centre for Research on Survivorship and Late Adverse Effects after Cancer in the Pelvic Organs
Project stakeholder
Region Zealand
- Marianne Krogsgaard, Clinical Nursing Specialist PhD, Department of Surgery, Sjællands Universitetshospital - Køge
Northern Region
- Professor Ole Thorlacius-Ussing, Departmental physician, Department of Surgical Gatstroenterology, Aalborg University Hospital
- Michael Bødker Lauritzen, Department of Surgical Gatstroenterology, Aalborg University Hospital
Central Region
- Therese Juul, Associate Professor / Nurse, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aahus University Hospital,
- Pernille Pedersen, senior researcher, DEFACTUM. Primary contact, e-mail: pelped@rm.dk