Abstract
Objectives: Fatigue and other symptoms in cancer patients often interfere with social and occupational activities. Only a few studies, however, have examined relationship between fatigue and work-related outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate which disease-related factors (treatment, diagnosis, cognitive dysfunction, depression, pain, and sleep disturbance) and work-related factors (work-load, work pressure, relationship to supervisor and colleagues, size of the company, and workplace accommodations) were related to fatigue in employed cancer survivors.
Methods: Data was collected by questionnaire at 6 months (baseline) and 18 months (end of the follow-up) after cancer diagnosis from 135 people with different types of cancer who had returned to work at follow-up. Fatigue was measured with a four-item sub-scale of MFI. Scores ranged from 4 to 20, with higher scores indicating more fatigue.
Results: The mean rate of general fatigue was 11.9 at baseline decreasing to 10.4 at the end of the follow-up (p
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1236-1241 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Psycho-Oncology |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2011 |
Keywords
- work
- symptom clusters
- oncology
- workplace accommodations
- fatigue
- cancer
