ArticleJournal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2018
Cognitive challenges while at work and work output in breast cancer survivors employed in a rapidly evolving economy.
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- Evaluating the suitability of the Perceive, Recall, Plan and Perform System of Task Analysis (PRPP-A) for assessing work-related cognitive difficulties in women after breast cancer: A comparison with Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB).Australian occupational therapy journal · 2026Review
- The role of cognitive impairments in patients' return to work and quality of working life after treatment of breast or gynecologic cancer.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Trajectories of cognitive symptoms and associated factors in cancer survivors after return to work: an 18-month longitudinal cohort study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2023Article
- Relationship of perceived everyday cognitive function and work engagement in breast cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
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- Associations between breast cancer survivorship and adverse mental health outcomes: A matched population-based cohort study in the United Kingdom.PLoS medicine · 2021Article
- Employers' Experience on Involvement in Sickness Absence/Return to Work Support for Employees with Cancer in Small Enterprises.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2020Article
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- Changes in Attentional Function in Patients From Before Through 12 Months After Breast Cancer Surgery.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2020Article
- Type of cancer treatment and cognitive symptoms in working cancer survivors: an 18-month follow-up study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2020Article
- Cancer-related cognitive problems at work: experiences of survivors and professionals.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2020Article
- Cancer and work.Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether work output was related to cognitive limitations while at work in occupationally active breast cancer survivors (BCS) employed in a rapidly developing economy.
methodsMeasures of demographics, job type, job stress, general distress (anxiety, depression), fatigue, work-related cognitive limitations, and work output were obtained using self-report measures in a cross-sectional study in both BCS and controls (n = 267/group).
resultsGroups had similar educational backgrounds, job types, and levels of job stress. The BCS group was a median of 3.2 years post-primary treatment, slightly older, more likely to be divorced, have children, and was more likely working part-time. The BCS group reported higher levels of fatigue, general distress, and lower levels of work output (p < .05). A multivariate regression adjusting for group differences indicated that cognitive symptoms at work were related to lower levels of quantity, quality, and timeliness of completed work in the BCS group (adj. R
conclusionWhen reported in the context of work, cognitive limitations were associated with lower levels of reported work output exclusively in the BCS group. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: This study provides further evidence that cognitive limitations reported in the context of work in a developing country is similar to that of BCS working in more developed economies and is specific to BCS and not healthy workers with similar job types and job stress. Solutions to this problem may be applicable across countries.
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