Fatigue and its correlates in cancer patients who had returned to work-a cohort study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1236-1241

  Taskila, T ^a,b   De Boer, A G E M ^a   Van Dijk, F J H ^a   Verbeek, J H A M ^a,c  

^a Amsterdam Public Health research institute   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

cancer; fatigue; oncology; symptom clusters; work; workplace accommodations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WORK; WORK PRESSURE; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054820255     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1843     Document Type: Article

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