Longitudinal Associations Between Fatigue and Perceived Work Ability in Cancer Survivors.

ABSTRACT: Purpose To examine the associations between changes of fatigue and changes of perceived work ability in cancer survivors. Furthermore, to examine the effects of physical job demands on these associations. Methods Data from a feasibility study on a multidisciplinary intervention to enhance return to work in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy was used. Fatigue (Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory) and perceived work ability (first item of the Work Ability Index) were assessed at baseline, and after 6, 12, and 18 months. Change scores (S1, S2, S3) from each assessment to the next were calculated, thus encompassing three separate time periods of 6 months. Regression analyses were used to quantify associations between change of perceived work ability and (model 1) change of general fati

SUBMITTER: Wolvers MDJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6675773 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature