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Measuring the social impact of return-to-work in cancer patients

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K09973
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 58010:Medical management and medical sociology-related
Research InstitutionKagawa University

Principal Investigator

Hirao Tomohiro  香川大学, 医学部, 教授 (20325335)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 鈴木 裕美  香川大学, 医学部, 助教 (00644733)
神田 かなえ  香川大学, 医学部, 助教 (60778629)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Keywordsがん / 労働生産性 / 医療経済分析 / 就労支援
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Around 170,000 working people in Japan become cancer survivors every year. In recent years, support has been provided for people affected by cancer to return to work (RTW). However, the social and economic impact has rarely been studied in Japan. The purpose of this study was to clarify the social and economic impact of RTW for cancer patients.
An internet-based patient panel survey and a patient survey at cancer treatment base hospitals were conducted. (1) The average income one year after diagnosis was 66% of the previous year. (2) Compared to non-cancer survivors, the labour productivity of cancer survivors increased in the first year of illness, but there were no significant differences in presenteeism or absenteeism after the second year of illness. This suggests that the support for RTW is considered to be a very important measure for both labour and management, and thus society as a whole.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

がん罹患者の復職支援の意義について調査研究を行った。その結果、1.わが国において、診断から1年後の平均所得は前年の66%であった。2.がん生存者の労働生産性は、がん未経験者と比べて、罹患1年目においてアブセンティーズム(休業による損失)は増加するが、プレゼンティーズム(パフォーマンス低下による損失)及び罹患2年目以降のアブセンティーズムには有意な差がなかった。
このことより、がん生存者に対する復職支援は、労使双方、さらには社会的に大変重要な施策であることが示唆された。

Report

(7 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2022

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Income Change One Year after Confirmed Cancer Diagnosis and Its Associated Factors in Japanese Patients2022

    • Author(s)
      Murakami Akitsu、Kanda Kanae、Ngatu Nlandu Roger、Chujo Kosuke、Yamadori Yusuke、Mashima Yukinori、Tsuji Akihito、Hirao Tomohiro、Shirakami Gotaro
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

      Volume: 19 Issue: 23 Pages: 15992-15992

    • DOI

      10.3390/ijerph192315992

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 就労継続しているがんサバイバーの労働生産性について~がん未経験者との比較2022

    • Author(s)
      渡邊武彦、神田かなえ、NLANDU NGATU、平尾智広
    • Organizer
      第32回日本産業衛生学会全国協議会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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