Psychosocial burden and sociodemographic characteristics of cancer survivors seeking support for work-related issues in outpatient cancer counseling centers
The results show that especially women with breast cancer and high socioeconomic status made use of counseling in the CARES study. The respondents also had a high sense of burden and dissatisfaction and access routes to the OCCs were mainly through recommendations of the treating hospitals or physicians. These findings can be used to ensure need-based counseling in the OCC, as well as to address additional target groups that are currently underrepresented.
Authors
- Nicole Ernstmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7685-6110)
- Paula Heidkamp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-887X)
- Gudrun Bruns
- Johannes Soff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0515-9013)
- Lina Heier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1360-3655)
- Kati Hiltrop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8357-0855)
- Clara Breidenbach
- Christoph Kowalski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7438-4321)
- Sophie Klara Schellack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1436-6155)
- Marie Degenhardt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6326-2899)
Institutions
- University of Cologne (DE)
- University Hospital Bonn (DE)
- American Association For Cancer Research (US)
- University Medical Center (US)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- German Cancer Society (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Social Work in Health Care
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2025.2451831
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00