Distinct work-related, clinical and psychological factors predict return to work following treatment in four different cancer types

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 659-667

  Cooper, Alethea F ^a   Hankins, Matthew ^b   Rixon, Lorna ^a   Eaton, Emma ^a   Grunfeld, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; oncology; patient perceptions; return to work; treatment beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETURN TO WORK; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETURN TO WORK; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84874671575     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3049     Document Type: Article

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