ArticleCancer medicine2020
Work changes and individual, cancer-related, and work-related predictors of decreased work participation among African American cancer survivors.
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- Gerotherapeutics: aging mechanism-based pharmaceutical and behavioral interventions to reduce cancer racial and ethnic disparities.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2025Review
- Returning to Work after Breast Cancer: A One-Year Mixed-Methods Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- A scoping review of racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic disparities in the outcomes of older adults with cancer.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2024Article
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- Comprehensive and Equitable Care for Vulnerable Veterans With Integrated Palliative, Psychology, and Oncology Care.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2021Article
- Work changes and individual, cancer-related, and work-related predictors of decreased work participation among African American cancer survivors.Cancer medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
African American cancer survivors disproportionately experience financial difficulties after cancer. Decreased work participation (going from being employed full time to part time or from employed to not employed) can contribute to financial hardship after cancer but employment outcomes among African American cancer survivors have not been well described. This study estimates the prevalence of work changes and identifies factors associated with decreased work participation among African American cancer survivors. We analyzed data from 916 African American breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer survivors who participated in the Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors (ROCS) cohort and were employed before their cancer diagnosis. Modified Poisson models estimated prevalence ratios of decreased work participation and work changes, including changes to hours, duties, or schedules, between diagnosis and ROCS enrollment controlling for sociodemographic and cancer-related factors. Nearly half of employed survivors made changes to their schedules, duties, or hours worked due to cancer and 34.6% took at least one month off of work, including 18% who took at least one month of unpaid time off. More survivors employed full time (vs. part time) at diagnosis were on disability at ROCS enrollment (18.7% vs. 12.6%, P < 0.001), while fewer were unemployed (5.9% vs. 15.7%, P < 0.001). Nearly half (47.5%) of employed survivors decreased work participation. Taking paid time off was not associated with decreased work participation; however, taking unpaid time off and making work changes were associated with prevalence ratios of decreased work participation of 1.29 (95% CI: 1.03, 1.62) and 1.37 (95% CI: 1.07, 1.75), respectively. Employment disruptions are common after a cancer diagnosis. Survivors who take unpaid time off and make other work changes may be particularly vulnerable to experiencing decreased work participation.
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