Return to work after cancer: Improved mental health in working cancer survivors.

Marietta LiebAlexander WünschKatharina SchieberCorinna BergeltHermann FallerFranziska GeiserUte Goerling Klaus HönigBeate HornemannImad MaatoukAlexander NieckeBarbara SteinMartin TeufelMartin WickertAntje Büttner-TeleagăYesim ErimJoachim B Weis

Published in: Psycho-oncology (2022)

The majority of cancer survivors returned to work. Non-working patients had higher levels of depression, anxiety and distress than working patients. After controlling for cancer-specific factors, mental health parameters were still independently associated with working status. Return to work can thus be associated with an improved mental health in cancer survivors. In order to establish causality, further research is necessary.

Keyphrases

mental health
end stage renal disease
young adults
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
papillary thyroid
childhood cancer
depressive symptoms
emergency department
mental illness
patient reported outcomes
physical activity
patient reported
adverse drug