Multimorbidity and Employment Outcomes among Middle-Aged US Cancer Survivors

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Ekenga, Christine C. ; Kim, BoRin ; Kwon, Eunsun ; Park, Sojung
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between multimorbidity and subsequent two-year employment outcomes among middle-aged United States (US) cancer survivors. In addition, we examined whether the relationship differed by survivor characteristics.
  
  Methods:
  
  Data of 633 cancer survivors (ages 51–64) from the 2014 Health and Retirement Study were used to identify multimorbidity profiles and evaluate associations between multimorbidity and prolonged unemployment during follow-up.
  
  Results:
  
  Approximately 64% of cancer survivors met the criteria for multimorbidity. Latent class analysis revealed three distinct multimorbidity profiles distinguished by the presence or absence of psychiatric disorders. We observed a significant association between high psychiatric multimorbidity and prolonged unemployment after two-year follow-up (Relative Risk = 2.78, 95% Confidence Interval = 1.28–6.00), with the effect more pronounced among low-income survivors.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Psychiatric multimorbidity was associated with prolonged unemployment among middle-aged cancer survivors, particularly among low-income survivors.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Cancer Cancer Survivors Employment Humans Middle Aged Multimorbidity Neoplasms Survivors Survivorship Unemployment United States

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• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 64(6):476-481
• Pubmed ID:
  35761424
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9245086
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U19 OH011227/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U19OH011227/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:398463a6f2e4732761959e6cb1524c42025dc44a72a53421304e84995e6e4456
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/119336/cdc_119336_DS1.pdf
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