Distinct employment interference profiles in patients with breast cancer prior to and for 12 months following surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To identify subgroups of female breast cancer patients with distinct self-reported employment interference (EI) profiles and determine which demographic, clinical, and symptom characteristics, and quality of life outcomes were associated with subgroup membership.

Methods

Women with breast cancer (n = 385) were assessed for changes in EI over ten times, from prior to, through 12 months after breast cancer surgery. Latent profile analysis (LPA) was used to identify subgroups of patients with distinct EI profiles.

Results

Three distinct EI profiles (i.e., None - 26.2% (n = 101), Low - 42.6% (n = 164), High - 31.2% (n = 120)) were identified. Compared to the None and Low groups, patients in the High group were more likely to be younger. Higher proportions in the H

SUBMITTER: Chan RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8327049 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature