探索头癌患者恢复工作的可能性
Li-Hung Lee1, Cheng-I Yang1, Mu-Kuan Chen2,3
1Department of Nursing, Hung Kuang University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Work (Reading, Mass.)
|August 28, 2023
概括
在患有头癌 (HNC) 后重返工作场所,面临着挑战. 患者需要在恢复工作 (RTW) 的身体,情感和社会方面得到支持.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 康复医学 康复医学 康复医学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
背景情况:
- 随着头癌 (HNC) 幸存者率的增加,我们需要了解回归工作 (RTW) 的挑战.
- 失业是HNC幸存者的重要问题,对患者经历的研究有限.
- 很少有研究在HNC治疗后整合了患者对RTW的观点.
研究的目的:
- 探索回归工作 (RTW) 的头癌 (HNC) 患者的经验和挑战.
- 识别患者的担忧,并为改进的RTW支持策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 混合方法方法结合结构化问卷 (n=120) 和半结构面试 (n=12).
- 量化数据评估了身体状况,压力和社会支持.
- 定性数据探讨了与工作意义,RTW挑战,准备和社会支持相关的主题.
主要成果:
- 恢复工作的患者和没有恢复工作的患者之间,身体功能和感知到的压力显著不同.
- 主要主题包括工作的个人意义,挑战 (身体衰退,工作量,外表变化),准备策略和社会支持的重要性.
- 患者重视工作的个人成就,责任和财务需要,但面临重大障碍.
结论:
- 这项研究强调了HNC幸存者返回工作的多方面的经历和挑战.
- 结果为医疗保健提供者提供了洞察力,以加强癌症患者的RTW过程.
- 建议包括在医疗保健和政府政策中制定定制的RTW方法.
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