- AutorIn
- Laura Broemer
- Michael Friedrich
- Gunnar Wichmann
- Juliane Müller
- Thomas Neumuth
- Andreas Dietz
- Anja Mehnert
- Susanne Wiegand
- Veit Zebralla
- Titel
- Exploratory study of functional and psychological factors associated with employment status in patients with head and neck cancer
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-857974
- Quellenangabe
- Head & neck : journal for the sciences and specialties of the head and neck
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Jahrgang: 43
Heft: 4
Seiten: 1229-1241
ISSN: 0148-6403 - Erstveröffentlichung
- 2021
- Abstract (EN)
- Background Compared with other malignancies, head and neck cancer (HNC) increases the risk of not returning to work (RTW). Methods Within a cross-sectional study, patients with HNC filled out the OncoFunction questionnaire, a version of the International Classification of Functioning Core Sets for HNC. In 231 patients below 65 years of age, associations of sociodemographic, clinical, functional, and psychological factors with employment and participation in rehabilitation program were explored. Results Unemployed patients reported more swallowing difficulties and speaking problems. Being unemployed was associated with higher levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms, fatigue, and lower global health. Rehabilitation participation was not significantly associated with any of the assessed factors except for smoking. Conclusions Unemployed patients with HNC are more burdened than employed patients with HNC regarding clinical, psychological, and functional factors. These differences are more evident later in recovery. Rehabilitation participation was not associated with psychological and functional burden which indicates the need for tailored HNC rehabilitation programs.
- Andere Ausgabe
- Link zur Erstveröffentlichung
Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.26595 - Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- employment, functional impairment, head and neck cancer, rehabilitation, return to work
- Klassifikation (DDC)
- 610
- Verlag
- Wiley, New York, NY
- Förder- / Projektangaben
- Version / Begutachtungsstatus
- publizierte Version / Verlagsversion
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-857974
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 05.06.2023
- Dokumenttyp
- Artikel
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch
- Lizenz / Rechtehinweis
- CC BY 4.0