Neoplasms

Digestive System Diseases

All Conditions

Rare Diseases

Behaviors and Mental Disorders

Stomach Neoplasms

Colonic Neoplasms

Esophageal Neoplasms

Gastrointestinal Neoplasms

Digestive System Neoplasms

Gastrointestinal Diseases

Stomach Diseases

Head and Neck Neoplasms

Esophageal Diseases

Colorectal Neoplasms

Intestinal Neoplasms

Colonic Diseases

Intestinal Diseases

Stomach Cancer

Esophageal Cancer

Quality of Life

A research psychologist will support participants, promoting their competences in the recover of work and social activities, such as the compliance.

The research psychologist will be in touch with the participants for 9 months after the surgery (weekly, biweekly or monthly) in order to help them recovering social and work activities, and dealing with the consequences of the surgery. Specifically, four competences will be promoted (future forethought; context evaluation; consequences of own actions forethought; use of available resources), each relevant to four areas (clinical; familiar; working; daily-activities).

Promotion of competences of participant involved in the management of the post operative period

Gian Piero Turchi

By using the M.A.D.I.T. methodology and the Dialogics science, SALVO Project aims to develop operational guidelines to support oncological target patients in the resumption of their daily post-operative activities. The research will implement an instrument for the purpose of measuring the health need of participants who are admitted to the surgical ward. Therefore, targeted interventions will be implemented with participants, and efficacy will be evaluated in order to define treatment guidelines.

The principal aim of this study is to create a validated and replicable intervention model for supporting patients who undergone surgery for esophagus and gastro intestinal cancer.

Several studies highlight how patients diagnosed with a digestive tract cancer, experience difficulties in returning to work after treatment, leading to socio-economic spill-over effects.

A specific 16 questions questionnaire had been developed for this study, the "Health and Employment After Gastro Intestinal Surgery Dialogical Questionnaire" (HEADS-DQ). It investigate peculiar patient competences involved after surgery: future forethought; context evaluation; consequences of own actions forethought; use of available resources, each relevant to four areas: clinical; familiar; working; daily-activities.

Through this questionnaire patient ability in dealing with after surgery consequences will be evaluated in order to define targeted support, which will be offered by professional psychologists. These interventions efficacy will be evaluated through another administration of the HEADS-DQ.

Participants will receive the supportive intervention based on the results of the HEADS-DQ during the post operative period.

Health and Employment After Gastro Intestinal Surgery - HEAGIS1

SAlute e LaVoro in Chirurgia Oncologica (SALVO)

competences measured by HEAGIS-DQ. competences measured by HEAGIS-DQ (Health and Employment After Gastro intestinal Surgery - Dialogical Questionnaire): the questionnaire gives an evaluation of the four competences (future forethought; context evaluation; consequences of own actions forethought; use of available resources), for each of the four areas(clinical; familiar; working; daily-activities). Each competence can be "low", "medium" or "high". Best level: "high level"

HADS - Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale measures. score range for depression: 0 - 7 Normal / 8 - 10 borderline / 11 - 17 Abnormal score range for Anxiety: 0 - 7 Normal / 8 - 10 borderline / 11 - 17 Abnormal

measured by EORTC QLQ C30 (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - Quality of Life of Cancer patients) Role, social, emotional scales: range score for functional scale: 0 (worst) - 100 (best) Financial difficulties: range score for symptoms scale: 0 (best) - 100 (worst) Global health status: range score for global health: 0 (worst) - 100 (best)

Humanitas Hospital, Italy

Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS

University of Padova

Symptoms and General Pathology

Blood and Lymph Conditions

Immune System Diseases

Syndrome

Leukemia

Leukemia, Myeloid

Preleukemia

Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Leukemia, Lymphoid

Thrombocytopenia

Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell

Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive

Hodgkin Disease

Hematologic Diseases

Neoplasms by Histologic Type

Bone Marrow Diseases

Lymphoproliferative Disorders

Lymphatic Diseases

Immunoproliferative Disorders

Leukemia, B-Cell

Chronic Disease

Disease Attributes

Blood Platelet Disorders

Cytopenia

Myeloproliferative Disorders

Lymphoma

Myeloid Leukemia

Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Hodgkin Lymphoma

Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders

Lymphosarcoma

Patients diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes (low risk), Chronic Thrombocytopenia or Hodgkin Disease in complete remission, who have signed written informed consent according to ICH/EU/GCP and Italian laws, aged between 15 and 74 years old.

The study excludes non Italian speaking patients or unable to fully understand the study's forms.

Questionnaire based on work situation of enrolled patients.

Study questionnaire

SF-36 Questionnaire

Edoardo La Sala

Diseases do not only have a physical role in people's live, but they usually involve changes in life as whole. They may modify the structure of the conjunction with life setting, thus, deeply impacting relationships with others. While clinical results of new therapies for hematological diseases are well documented in scientific literature in terms of prolonged life expectancy or remission from disease, less is known about problems and barriers preventing the return of patients with a chronic blood ailment to everyday life.

Indeed, there are no published data on this topic within the Italian context. The present explorative study aims at identifying the main problems with which patients affected by a Chronic Hematological Disease (CHD) deal when returning to everyday working life, factors associated with work reintegration and, finally, to understand the need for facilitators enhancing reintegration outcomes.

Results from this study will be also helpful to raise consciousness about the problem of reintegration into the labour market of workers with CHD and to call for awareness campaigns for the general public and health professionals.

A disease doesn't have only a physical side but usually involves changes in the person as whole. It changes the structure of the relationship between a person and his life setting, deeply impacting the way her/he relates to others and to himself. While clinical results of new therapies about hematological pathologies are well documented in scientific literature in terms of prolonged life expectancy or remission from disease, less is known about problems and barriers preventing the return of patients with a chronic blood ailment to everyday life.

A number of economists have argued that there is a causal link between increasing inequality and the financial crisis. Evidence from different EU Member States shows that people who declare themselves as being permanently disabled are over-represented among people at risk of poverty or social exclusion compared to the whole population.

In Italy, in the second quarter of 2011, 6 million 556 thousand people aged 15-64 years (16.5% of the population of this age group) claimed to be suffering from one or more longstanding health problems or functional difficulties.

Health problems represent a barrier to the inclusion in the labour market. More than 50% of those suffering from more than one health problem or functional difficulties is inactive, this share decreases significantly among those who complain about one problem or difficulty (39.9%) and no problem (35.5%).

Among persons employed who complain of poor health conditions, about one in 10 may rely on one or more types of assistance in their place of work: availability of special equipment or workplace adaptations, personal service, special working arrangements. Among people who do not have a job, however, more than a quarter (26.6%) would need to receive at least one type of assistance in order to work.

People with long-term illnesses have an higher probability of leaving the workforce at an early age and people who continue to work despite health problems are likely to be less productive than healthy people. Thus, without a timely and appropriate reintegration, they may be less likely to return to work.

In this scenario it's of utmost importance to increase the overall capability to deliver targeted actions in order to be able to support people at risk of social -work exclusion.

Policy instruments being able to provide access to the labour market also play an important role, as well as measures in favor of education. Studies have shown several benefits associated with returning to work after cancer, including addressing financial needs, providing a distraction and an overall improvement in quality of life. Health professionals advice and support and the role of the employers in providing a sound workplace accommodation may play an important role in this regard but, on the other hand, a number of studies show an association between cancer survivorship and risk of unemployment.

The impact of returning to work after (or during) a long-term illness must be evaluated also from the perspective of the family and of the community. It could be very hard for partners and other relatives to conciliate their work duties with the task of taking care of the sick person - in terms of time and of mental strain. While laws usually allow for a number of measures to ease this issue, more information is often needed to workers and to employers.

The cost of a sick worker, from the viewpoint of the community, includes not only the cost of health care and rehabilitation but also the lost productivity of those who quit work and the cost linked to the possible impoverishment of the worker and her/his family for the years to come.

At present time there are no published studies that investigated these issues in patients with hematological malignancies in the Italian context. This explorative study aims at identifying the main problems that patients of Chronic Hematological Disease (CHD) deal when returning to everyday working life, factors associated with job reintegration and to understand the need for facilitators enhancing reintegration outcomes.

Results from this study will be also helpful in the effort of raising consciousness about the problem of reintegration in the labour market of workers with CHD and to call for awareness campaigns for the general public and health professionals.

Occupational Status and Hematological Disease

Occupational Status and Hematological Disease: Effects and Counseling Needs

Evaluated only once during the first outpatient visit in the study time window.

Evaluated only once during the first outpatient visit in the study time window. Outcome measure is a patient reported outcome (PRO)

We will test patient data relationship with occupational status in a multivariate analysis.

Fondazione Adecco per le Pari Opportunità

Gruppo Italiano Malattie EMatologiche dell'Adulto

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization
Health and Employment After Gastro Intestinal Surgery - HEAGIS1	NCT04466592	Esophageal Neop... Stomach Neoplas... Colonic Neoplas...	Promotion of co...	18 Years -	University of Padova
Health and Employment After Gastro Intestinal Surgery - HEAGIS1	NCT04466592	Esophageal Neop... Stomach Neoplas... Colonic Neoplas...	Promotion of co...	18 Years -	University of Padova
Occupational Status and Hematological Disease	NCT02057185	Chronic Myeloid... Chronic Lymphoc... Myelodysplastic... Chronic Thrombo... Hodgkin Disease	Study questionn... SF-36 Questionn...	15 Years - 74 Years	Gruppo Italiano Malattie EMatologiche dell'Adulto

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