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Factors Facilitating or Creating Barriers to Returning to Work in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Within the First 6 Months After Treatment.
- Source :
- Clinical Nursing Research; Jan2023, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p197-208, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients who are unable to return to work after completing treatment might face financial loss and reduced self-esteem. The aim of this study was to identify factors influencing a return to work in HNC cancer patients in the first 6 months after treatment. This cross-sectional study examined HNC patients who completed treatment from the outpatient radiation department of a single cancer center in northern Taiwan. Patients were assessed according to psychological distress, patient-perceived health status, barriers to returning to work, and facilitators of returning to work. Of the 106 HNC patients surveyed, 54.7% successfully returned to work. Barriers to returning to work included poor self-perception of health, greater psychological distress, and age ≥50 years. Patients who had higher psychological distress, returned to work after start of the pandemic, or received reconstruction surgery were less likely to experience a positive environment facilitating a return to work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HEAD & neck cancer treatment
CANCER patient psychology
RESEARCH
MATHEMATICAL statistics
INFERENTIAL statistics
PARAMETERS (Statistics)
CROSS-sectional method
AGE distribution
SELF-perception
RESEARCH methodology
INTERVIEWING
FISHER exact test
PATIENTS' attitudes
SURVEYS
T-test (Statistics)
RESEARCH funding
KARNOFSKY Performance Status
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
EMPLOYMENT reentry
STATISTICAL correlation
DATA analysis software
PSYCHOLOGICAL distress
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10547738
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Nursing Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160785420
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10547738221106292