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QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH
卷 25, 期 4, 页码 997-1005出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-015-1135-z
关键词
Thyroid cancer; Cancer survivorship; Work; Employment; Population-based study
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- Comprehensive Cancer Centre South, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) [480-08-009]
- Work Disability Prevention Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Strategic Training Program [FRN: 53909]
- COST Action CANWON [IS1211]
To obtain insight into employment and insurance outcomes of thyroid cancer survivors and to examine the association between not having employment and other factors including quality of life. In this cross-sectional population-based study, long-term thyroid cancer survivors from the Netherlands participated. Clinical data were collected from the cancer registry. Information on employment, insurance, socio-demographic characteristics, long-term side effects, and quality of life was collected with questionnaires. Of the 223 cancer survivors (response rate 87 %), 71 % were employed. Of the cancer survivors who tried to obtain insurance, 6 % reported problems with obtaining health care insurance, 62 % with life insurance, and 16 % with a mortgage. In a multivariate logistic regression analysis, higher age (OR 1.07, CI 1.02-1.11), higher level of fatigue (OR 1.07, CI 1.01-1.14), and lower educational level (OR 3.22, CI 1.46-7.09) were associated with not having employment. Employment was associated with higher quality of life. Many thyroid cancer survivors face problems when obtaining a life insurance, and older, fatigued, and lower educated thyroid cancer survivors may be at risk for not having employment.
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