Predictors for earlier return to work of cancer patients.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:This study aims to investigate how perceived work ability, job self-efficacy, value of work, and fatigue predict return to work (RTW) in cancer patients who received chemotherapy. METHODS:Data of a before-after study on a multidisciplinary intervention that aimed to enhance RTW was used, consisting of four assessments up to 18 months. Time to partial and full RTW of 76 and 81 participants, respectively, was analyzed in Cox proportional hazard analysis with time-dependent variables. Univariate analyses of work ability, job self-efficacy, value of work, or fatigue as covariates were succeeded by multivariate analyses of work ability and either job self-efficacy, value of work, or fatigue as covariates. RESULTS:Participants were mostly female (93%), and diagnosed with breast cancer (8

SUBMITTER: Wolvers MDJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5884890 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature