在癌症治疗后返回工作:以过渡理论为指导的探索性顺序混合方法研究
Jacqueline Galica1, Agnès Alsius, Lauren Walker
1Author Affiliations: School of Nursing, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (Drs Galica and Alsius and Ms Walker); Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston General Hospital Site and the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario (Ms Stark and Dr Booth); College of Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals (Mr Noor); Providence Care Hospital (Dr Kain); and Department of Oncology, Queen's University (Dr Booth), Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Patient Partner (Ms Wickenden), Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Cancer nursing
|January 8, 2025
概括
在癌症治疗后重返工作是具有挑战性的. 这项研究发现,心理健康和人际关系需求是影响癌症幸存者成功恢复工作的关键因素.
科学领域:
- 瘤学护理 癌症护理
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 心理社会瘤学 心理社会瘤学
背景情况:
- 在癌症治疗后恢复工作的支持往往缺乏或无效.
- 过渡理论为了解癌症后的回归工作过渡提供了一个框架.
- 没有先前的研究经验性地使用过渡理论来检查这种过渡.
研究的目的:
- 探索过渡理论概念对癌症幸存者的回归工作经验的适用性.
- 了解转变理论如何以及为什么可以解释这种复杂的转变.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种解释性的顺序混合方法设计.
- 乳腺癌或结直肠癌幸存者填写了基于过渡理论的问卷.
- 对部分样本进行了采访,以详细阐述定量调查结果.
主要成果:
- 生产力损失与更高的焦虑和未满足的关系需求有关.
- 参与者报告平均生产力损失为7.42%,表明不完全掌握返回工作.
- 定性数据为发现的定量关联提供了解释.
结论:
- 干预措施应解决心理健康和关系需求,以促进重返工作.
- 过渡理论为为癌症幸存者恢复工作提供了开发有效支持干预措施的有价值的框架.
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