Problems returning to work following cancer treatment?

Although a high proportion of women with ovarian cancer return to work following treatment, returning to work can be a major challenge for an increasing number of women.  Research tells us that the majority of women receiving cancer treatment such as chemotherapy can experience side effects such as fatigue and depression which can be made worse when returning to work.  As work plays an important financial and social role, there is need to identify how working life can improved for such women so that they can continue working with fewer problems.

Loughborough University is carrying out a questionnaire survey with the Mental Health Foundation on how people adjust to work following a period of absence due to illness. They are interested in people that returned to work following time off for cancer.  If interested, you can complete the survey online at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=989403671343

The survey asks number of questions about you and your illness, your well-being, how you manage your illness at work, the barriers you have encountered in returning to work and the type of support you have found most useful. Findings from the survey will be used to provide better information for employers in supporting women undergoing or recovering from cancer at work.

For further information about this research, contact Dr Fehmidah Munir at Loughborough University; 01509 228228 or email f.munir@lboro.ac.uk