TY - JOUR
T1 - The Relation of Readiness for Return to Work and Return to Work Among Iranian Cancer Survivors
AU - Ghasempour, Mostafa
AU - Shabanloei, Reza
AU - Rahmani, Azad
AU - Jafarabadi, Mohammad Asghari
AU - Abri, Fariba
AU - Khajehgoodari, Mohammad
N1 - Funding Information:
This study is the result of a research project supported by the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Technology of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences to receive a master’s degree in nursing in Tabriz Nursing and Midwifery Faculty.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, American Association for Cancer Education.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - Return to work after completion of cancer treatments has many benefits for patients, families, and society. Readiness for return to work (RRTW) seems to be an effective factor for return to work in cancer survivors. Therefore, the present study was to investigate return to work and its relation to RRTW among Iranian survivors of cancer. This descriptive-correlational study examined a total of 227 survived cancer patients with completed primary treatments and without active cancer symptoms. Data were collected by the return to work and RRTW questionnaires and analyzed with descriptive statistics and inferential statistics using SPSS software. Upon completion of initial treatment, 166 (73.2%) of survivor participants returned to work, of which 78 (34.4%) and 88 (38.4%) participants returned to full-time and part-time works, respectively. ANOVA test showed a significant difference between RRTW and the type of return to work. In addition, results of regression analysis revealed that there was a positive significant relationship between RRTW and the rate of return to work before and after the adjustment of variables (p ≤ 0.05). Considering the findings of the study, there is a necessary need planning for rehabilitation programs by nursing managers concerning these patients to facilitate their return to work.
AB - Return to work after completion of cancer treatments has many benefits for patients, families, and society. Readiness for return to work (RRTW) seems to be an effective factor for return to work in cancer survivors. Therefore, the present study was to investigate return to work and its relation to RRTW among Iranian survivors of cancer. This descriptive-correlational study examined a total of 227 survived cancer patients with completed primary treatments and without active cancer symptoms. Data were collected by the return to work and RRTW questionnaires and analyzed with descriptive statistics and inferential statistics using SPSS software. Upon completion of initial treatment, 166 (73.2%) of survivor participants returned to work, of which 78 (34.4%) and 88 (38.4%) participants returned to full-time and part-time works, respectively. ANOVA test showed a significant difference between RRTW and the type of return to work. In addition, results of regression analysis revealed that there was a positive significant relationship between RRTW and the rate of return to work before and after the adjustment of variables (p ≤ 0.05). Considering the findings of the study, there is a necessary need planning for rehabilitation programs by nursing managers concerning these patients to facilitate their return to work.
KW - Cancer
KW - Cancer survivors
KW - Readiness for return to work
KW - Return to work
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U2 - 10.1007/s13187-019-01588-1
DO - 10.1007/s13187-019-01588-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 31456144
AN - SCOPUS:85071745818
SN - 0885-8195
VL - 35
SP - 1237
EP - 1242
JO - Journal of Cancer Education
JF - Journal of Cancer Education
IS - 6
ER -
