Projects per year
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Research interests
My research line aims to improve work functioning and to prevent unemployment in patients with a chronic disease or with chronic symptoms as a result of a disease with specific emphasis on cancer patients.
The focus is on three aspects: 1) Getting insight in the work situation, quality of working life and career pathways of employees with a chronic disease; 2) Identifying risk factors for unemployment and diminished work functioning; 3) Developing and evaluating evidence-based interventions to support employment, re-integration and work functioning in employees with a chronic disease, especially in cancer patients.
Specialties:
-Predictors of return to work
-Supporting return to work and work retention of cancer survivors
-Supporting return to work and work retention of workers with a chronic disease
-Rehabilitation of cancer survivors
-Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
-Cost-effectiveness
-Quality of Life
-Quality of Working Life
-Guideline development
-Questionnaire development
Specialisation
Chronic disease and work, Cancer and work, occupational health
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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Zelfregie_ gezondheid_werkinzetbaarheid: Zelfregie_ gezondheid_werkinzetbaarheid
de Boer, A. (Principal investigator) & de Wit, M. (Project Member)
Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid
01/01/2025 → 31/12/2028
Project: Research
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Multidisciplinair Consortium Kanker en Werk: Multidisciplinair Consortium Kanker en Werk
de Boer, A. (Principal investigator)
01/10/2024 → 30/04/2026
Project: Research
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Poortwachter NVAB: Professionalisering Poortwachtersproces - Multidisciplinaire ontwikkeling van richtlijnen
de Boer, A. (Principal investigator) & de Wit, M. (Project Member)
01/08/2024 → 31/07/2025
Project: Research
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Detachering M.W.: Detachering MW voor het KCVG project VUmc 2007054
de Boer, A. (Principal investigator) & de Wit, M. (Project Member)
01/03/2023 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research
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KWF Alpe Research: Individual placement and support (IPS) for unemployed and work disabled canver survivors
de Boer, A. (Principal investigator) & Greidanus, M. (Project Member)
01/04/2021 → 31/03/2026
Project: Research
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The quality of working life questionnaire for cancer survivors (QWLQ-CS): factorial structure, internal consistency, construct validity and reproducibility
de Jong, M., Tamminga, S. J., van Es, R. J. J., Frings-Dresen, M. H. W. & de Boer, A. G. E. M., 2018, In: BMC cancer. 18, 1, p. 66Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Design of a multicentre randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a tailored clinical support intervention to enhance return to work for gastrointestinal cancer patients
Zaman, A. G. N. M., Tytgat, K. M. A. J., Klinkenbijl, J. H. G., Frings-Dresen, M. H. W. & de Boer, A. G. E. M., 2016, In: BMC cancer. 16, p. 303Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Unemployment risk at 2 and 4 years following colorectal cancer diagnosis: a population based study
Rottenberg, Y., Ratzon, N. Z., Cohen, M., Hubert, A., Uziely, B. & de Boer, A. G. E. M., 2016, In: European journal of cancer (Oxford, England. 69, p. 70-76Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Interventions to enhance return-to-work for cancer patients
de Boer, A. G. E. M., Taskila, T. K., Tamminga, S. J., Feuerstein, M., Frings-Dresen, M. H. W. & Verbeek, J. H., 2015, In: Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online). 2015, 9, p. CD007569Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
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Beyond treatment - Psychosocial and behavioural issues in cancer survivorship research and practice
Aaronson, N. K., Mattioli, V., Minton, O., Weis, J., Johansen, C., Dalton, S. O., Verdonck-de Leeuw, I. M., Stein, K. D., Alfano, C. M., Mehnert, A., de Boer, A. & van de Poll-Franse, L. V., 2014, In: EJC supplements : EJC. 12, 1, p. 54-64Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review