Work Ability in Young Adult Surviviors (WAYS): A Quantitative Investigation

年轻成年幸存者的工作能力（WAYS）：定量调查

• 批准号: 9025187
• 负责人: Suzanne C Danhauer
• 金额: $ 20.23万
• 依托单位: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-01-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9025187
• 关键词: Adolescent and Young Adult; Advocate; Affect; Aftercare; Age; American; Attention; Attenuated; Benchmarking; Cancer Survivor; Characteristics; Cognitive; Community Clinical Oncology Program; Community Networks; Data; Development; Diagnosis; Education; Employment; Future; Goals; Impairment; Institute of Medicine (U.S.); Insurance Coverage; Intervention; Investigation; Late Effects; Link; Malignant Neoplasms; Manuals; Measures; Minority Recruitment; National Cancer Institute; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Occupational; Occupational Status; Occupations; Outcome; Participant; Patient Self-Report; Phase; Policies; Population; Provider; Psychosocial Influences; Questionnaires; Recruitment Activity; Reporting; Research; Research Priority; Sampling; Services; Social support; Survivors; Time; Treatment/Psychosocial Effects; Work; aged; base; cancer diagnosis; cancer therapy; cancer type; career; childhood cancer survivor; cognitive function; cognitive testing; cohort; collaborative environment; comparison group; design; ethnic diversity; experience; forest; improved; innovation; labor force participation; programs; psychosocial; public health relevance; success; theories; therapy design; young adult

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite the growing number of young adult cancer survivors, a group early in their career trajectory, little is known about how cancer-related impairments in physical, cognitive, and psychosocial functioning limit work ability and labor force participation among young adult survivors of adolescent and young adult onset cancers. The specific aims for this study are to: (1) document levels of labor force participation, occupation, and educational attainment following cancer treatment in young adult cancer survivors and to describe the relationship between levels of work ability and these outcomes; and (2) determine associations of self-reported physical (including symptoms), cognitive, and psychosocial issues related to cancer diagnosis and treatment with work ability in young adult cancer survivors. This study will take advantage of the Wake Forest National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program Research Base to recruit a representative, ethnically diverse sample of young adult cancer survivors (N=200) aged 25-34 years. Participants will complete cognitive testing and a detailed questionnaire assessing occupation and education status, a variety of work measures, and self-reported physical, psychosocial, and cognitive function. Levels of labor force participation, occupational status, and educational attainment will be compared to national benchmarks for the same age cohort. Study hypotheses are that young adult cancer survivors' work-related and educational outcomes will be lower than national benchmarks, with workplace environment, cancer-related factors (e.g., treatment type, time since diagnosis) and survivor characteristics (e.g., insurance status, social support) serving as moderators. These data will inform future longitudinal research to determine causal links between cancer and work outcomes in young adult survivors versus a matched comparison group. Innovative features of this study include: its focus on young adult survivors, a sizable and under-studied group who are at a formative, transitional time at the beginning of the work trajectory; recruitment through an established network of community cancer providers; a targeted minority recruitment strategy; use of a theory-guided approach; expansion of work-related outcomes to include work ability; and an advisory board with cancer and young adult stakeholders who can provide real-world perspectives on relevant issues. Considering young adulthood as a key transition period, the expected impact of the cancer experience on education and employment outcomes among young adult survivors may have long-term repercussions. This study will provide detailed information essential for designing policy and supportive interventions to aid young adult cancer survivors in achieving occupational and educational success.

 描述（由申请人提供）：尽管年轻成人癌症幸存者数量越来越 在他们的职业轨迹的早期，对癌症相关的障碍鲜为人知，在年轻的青少年和年轻成人癌症中参与了癌症，劳动力的参与。劳动力参与和癌症治疗后的教育程度，并描述工作能力水平与这些结果之间的关系；（2）确定自我报告的身体（包括症状），认知和心理社会问题在年轻成人癌症幸存者中，癌症诊断和治疗。年龄25-34岁。与同一年龄群体相比，将与国家基准进行比较。和幸存者的特征（例如主持人。这些数据将为癌症癌症癌症与年轻成人幸存者的锻炼成果之间的未来纵向因果关系提供信息，而在工作轨迹开始时处于形成性的过渡时间的匹配比较组。癌症提供者;癌症经验对T幸存者的教育和就业成果的预期影响可能会带来长期的影响。