The assessment of returning to work following treatment and the associated personal, disease, and treatment factors among breast cancer survivors in central China.
Support Care Cancer
; 29(12): 7627-7636, 2021 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-34132883
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To assess the status of returning to work (RTW) following breast cancer treatment and to explore its associated factors among female patients.METHODS:
Four-hundred-forty-two eligible patients admitted in a tertiary hospital since 2012 were followed up in 2018. Information about working status after treatment, date of RTW or reason for not RTW was obtained during a 30-min interview. Patients' sociodemographic, disease, and treatment characteristics were retrieved from the hospital record. Overall prevalence rate and probability of RTW during the follow-up were estimated using Kaplan-Meier method. Factors associated with RTW were identified using regression analyses.RESULTS:
Three-hundred-ninety-six patients (89.6%) completed the follow-up. The median follow-up was 31 months. Among them, 141 patents (35.6%) RTW of whom 68.1% (n = 96) were back within 12 months after cancer treatment. The reported reasons for not RTW included prolonged fatigue, low self-esteem, lack of support from family and working unit, or voluntarily quitting. Patients aged under 50 years, being single, having higher level of education, not having extensive axillary node procedure, or without any comorbidities were more likely to RTW.CONCLUSION:
The rate of RTW after cancer treatment in this cohort was lower than those reported in others. Both personal and treatment factors were associated with RTW.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Breast Neoplasms
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Cancer Survivors
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Support Care Cancer
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China