Table 1.
Conceptual models of cancer and work outcomes from the scientific literature
| Author | Direct factors | Indirect factors | Mediating factors | Moderating factors | Outcome measures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chow [91] | Financial pressure; health insurance; socio-demographic factors | Health status; personal factors and beliefs; environmental and workplace factors | Physical and mental work demands; physical and mental work ability | Physical and mental work demands interact with physical and mental work ability | Return to work |
| Feuerstein [92] | Work environment; work demands; policies and procedures; economic factors | Health and wellbeing, symptoms | Work environment; policies and procedures; economic factors | Health and wellbeing interacts with symptoms; functional status interacts with work demands | Return to work, work ability, work performance sustainability (work retention) |
| Mehnert [48] | Disease specific factors; treatment related factors | Disease specific factors; treatment related factors | Demographic factors; impairments; health status; psychosocial and motivational factors; work-related factors and interventions | Not described | Employment status; return-to-work; work ability; sick leave and duration; work changes; productivity; disability |
| Mehnert [48] | Interventions and rehabilitation programs promoting return to work and employment | Individual and interpersonal factors; short-term, long-term, and late effects of cancer and cancer treatments | Interventions and rehabilitation programs promoting return to work and employment | Individual and interpersonal factors; short-term, long-term, and late effects of cancer and cancer treatments | Employment/return to work; work ability; work performance; job opportunities; income; work satisfaction; job promotion and training; sustainability |
| Steiner [93] | Individual characteristics; general health perceptions; characteristics of work environment | Cancer and health status; symptoms; functional status | Health status; symptoms; functional status | Not described | Work status; job changes; work and role content; economic status; job satisfaction |