title: Multidisciplinary department of "Return to Work After a Cancer": a French experience of support groups for vocational rehabilitation.
abstract: This qualitative pilot exploratory study focuses on support groups for vocational rehabilitation after cancer implemented in a French and innovative multidisciplinary department of "Return to Work after a Cancer." Sixty-three patients were invited to participate to constitute two support groups of 20 participants. Questionnaires are sent to assess their benefit according to the participants' point of view. For 58% of participants, support groups helped the return to work, and for 70% it provided personal, family, and relational support. Support groups are a relevant response to expectations and specific issues of patients experiencing return to work after cancer.
authors.affiliation: a CHU de Rouen, Centre de Consultation de Pathologie professionnelle et de l'Environnement (CCPPE), Pavillon Aubette, 1 rue de Germont , F-76031 , Rouen cedex.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Blasi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bouteyre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bretteville
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boucher
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rollin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010865:Pilot Projects; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods*; D062707:Return to Work; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires