The impact of colorectal cancer and self-efficacy beliefs on work ability and employment status: a longitudinal study.
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl)
; 21(5): 634-41, 2012 Sep.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22320237
ABSTRACT
We examined how colorectal cancer patients' treatment and symptom management impacted perceptions of work ability and subsequent work decisions. Fifty patients completed questionnaires at baseline (post-surgery/pretreatment), 3 months and 6 months. Questionnaires assessed fatigue, depression, quality-of-life (QoL), cancer self-efficacy, job self-efficacy (JSE) and work ability. Factors related to perceived work ability were occupation (ß= 0.31, P= 0.0005) and QoL (ß= 0.42, P= 0.01) at baseline, treatment type (ß=-0.19, P= 0.05) at 3 months, and JSE at 3 months (ß= 0.57, P= 0.0005) and 6 months (ß= 0.50, P= 0.006). Factors related to being on sick leave were lower levels of JSE (OR = 2.20, 95% CI 1.17-4.13) at baseline and being employed in a manual occupation (OR = 0.03, 95% CI 0.00-0.86), and perceived work ability (OR = 3.05, 95% CI 1.00-12.80) at 6 months. Along with self-assessed work ability at baseline (ß= 0.67, P= 0.0005), receiving chemotherapy or a combination of treatments (ß=-0.24, P= 0.05) were the strongest predictors of poorer perceptions of follow-up work ability. Self-efficacy beliefs may add to understanding and should be considered in future research.
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Trabalho
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Neoplasias Colorretais
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Autoeficácia
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Emprego
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
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Article