Impairment of vocational activities and financial problems are frequent among German blood cancer survivors.


Journal

Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
21 Dec 2023
Historique:
received: 28 08 2023
accepted: 18 12 2023
medline: 22 12 2023
pubmed: 22 12 2023
entrez: 22 12 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Little is known about changes in the personal living conditions of long-term blood cancer survivors in Germany. To gather information about social relationships, work life, overall well-being, and religion, we performed a questionnaire-based retrospective study on 1551 survivors who had been on follow-up for ≥ 3 years (median, 9 years). Most survivors reported that marital status and relationships with relatives and friends remained constant before and after blood cancer. Vocational activities were temporarily impaired for 47.5%, with a median time of 11 months to return to work. More than a third of the patients (35.6%) discontinued work permanently, with disability and retirement pension rates of 7.9% and 38.1%, respectively, at the time of the survey. Financial problems due to reduced income were reported by 26.2%, in particular after relapse or allogeneic transplantation. Patient reports addressing their quality of life showed large variations. It was best in acute leukemia survivors without a history of allogeneic transplantation and worst in patients with myeloproliferative disorders. Religion tended to become more important after blood cancer. In conclusion, vocational impairment and financial problems are frequent among German blood cancer survivors. Efforts should be made at an early stage to reestablish the patients' ability to work.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38129654
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-50289-9
pii: 10.1038/s41598-023-50289-9
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Pagination

22856

Subventions

Organisme : Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
ID : 01GY1341

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© 2023. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Julia Baum (J)

Klinik für Hämatologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147, Essen, Germany.

Hildegard Lax (H)

Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.

Nils Lehmann (N)

Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.

Anja Merkel-Jens (A)

Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.

Dietrich W Beelen (DW)

Klinik für Knochenmarktransplantation, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.

Karl-Heinz Jöckel (KH)

Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.

Ulrich Dührsen (U)

Klinik für Hämatologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147, Essen, Germany. ulrich.duehrsen@uk-essen.de.

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