Occupational Situation and Return to Work of Urological Patients

Launched by JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY · Jul 20, 2025

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This study is looking at how treatment for certain urological conditions—like bladder, prostate, or kidney cancer, and urinary stones—affects patients’ ability to work and their overall quality of life. Researchers at the University Hospital in Kraków, Poland, will ask all adult patients admitted for these conditions over six months about their job situation. For patients who are working and having major surgeries or procedures related to their illness, the study will also check in with them by phone three and six months after treatment to see how they’re doing and whether they’ve been able to return to work.

To take part, you need to be an adult patient admitted to the hospital’s urology department during the study period. If you are working and scheduled for major surgery or treatment for urinary stones, you may be asked to complete a questionnaire about your quality of life and participate in follow-up phone calls. Patients who are not working or retired will still be asked about their job status but won’t be followed up in the same way. The goal is to better understand how these treatments affect daily life and work, so hospitals can improve support and rehabilitation for patients after their care.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Adult patients (≥18 years) admitted to the Department of Urology and Oncological Urology, University Hospital in Kraków, during the 6-month study period.
• 2. For the prospective follow-up cohort:
• • 1. Occupationally active (employed) at baseline.
• • 2. Undergoing major uro-oncological surgery (e.g., radical cystectomy, radical prostatectomy, nephrectomy) or a procedure for urinary tract stones (e.g., ureterorenoscopy, percutaneous nephrolithotripsy).
• • 3. Able and willing to provide written informed consent.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Patients unwilling or unable to provide informed consent.
• • 2. Patients who are unemployed or retired at baseline (excluded from the prospective follow-up cohort but included in the baseline cross-sectional survey).
• • 3. Patients not undergoing major uro-oncological surgery or urinary tract stone procedures (for the prospective follow-up cohort).