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Work Ability after Breast Cancer: Study of Healthcare Personnel Operating in a Hospital of South Italy
Breast cancer (BrC) treatment can produce disabilities that often impact the quality of daily life and impact the social and working relationships of the patient. This paper looked into the remaining work ability in a group of female healthcare personnel (HCPs) with BrC in Southern Italy. Each HCP w...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518308/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078550 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710835 |
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author | Vella, Francesca Filetti, Veronica Cirrincione, Luigi Rapisarda, Venerando Matera, Serena Skerjanc, Alenka Cannizzaro, Emanuele Vitale, Ermanno |
author_facet | Vella, Francesca Filetti, Veronica Cirrincione, Luigi Rapisarda, Venerando Matera, Serena Skerjanc, Alenka Cannizzaro, Emanuele Vitale, Ermanno |
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description | Breast cancer (BrC) treatment can produce disabilities that often impact the quality of daily life and impact the social and working relationships of the patient. This paper looked into the remaining work ability in a group of female healthcare personnel (HCPs) with BrC in Southern Italy. Each HCP was subjected to a medical check, routine blood tests, and a questionnaire on the work ability index (WAI). Of 980 (100%) HCWs undergoing health control, 6% (n = 54) had experienced BRC, and only 66.6% (n = 36) agreed to take part in the study. A total of 28 (78%) were on night shifts. The WAI score was quite low in 5 (13.8%) cases, moderate in 10 (27.7%) cases, good in 14 (38.8%) cases, and excellent in 7 (19.5%) HCWs. Among all health figures, in nurses as well as technical staff, lower WAI scores were observed. HCWs reported various comorbidities, which affected WAI score, such as limited mobility in the upper limbs, arm/shoulder pain, numbness, and lymphoedema. The main complication that negatively affects any work activity is the morbidity in the upper limbs. This seems to affect the ability to perform tasks, and the re-entry to work is highlighted on sick leave days. |
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spelling | pubmed-95183082022-09-29 Work Ability after Breast Cancer: Study of Healthcare Personnel Operating in a Hospital of South Italy Vella, Francesca Filetti, Veronica Cirrincione, Luigi Rapisarda, Venerando Matera, Serena Skerjanc, Alenka Cannizzaro, Emanuele Vitale, Ermanno Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Breast cancer (BrC) treatment can produce disabilities that often impact the quality of daily life and impact the social and working relationships of the patient. This paper looked into the remaining work ability in a group of female healthcare personnel (HCPs) with BrC in Southern Italy. Each HCP was subjected to a medical check, routine blood tests, and a questionnaire on the work ability index (WAI). Of 980 (100%) HCWs undergoing health control, 6% (n = 54) had experienced BRC, and only 66.6% (n = 36) agreed to take part in the study. A total of 28 (78%) were on night shifts. The WAI score was quite low in 5 (13.8%) cases, moderate in 10 (27.7%) cases, good in 14 (38.8%) cases, and excellent in 7 (19.5%) HCWs. Among all health figures, in nurses as well as technical staff, lower WAI scores were observed. HCWs reported various comorbidities, which affected WAI score, such as limited mobility in the upper limbs, arm/shoulder pain, numbness, and lymphoedema. The main complication that negatively affects any work activity is the morbidity in the upper limbs. This seems to affect the ability to perform tasks, and the re-entry to work is highlighted on sick leave days. MDPI 2022-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9518308/ /pubmed/36078550 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710835 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Vella, Francesca Filetti, Veronica Cirrincione, Luigi Rapisarda, Venerando Matera, Serena Skerjanc, Alenka Cannizzaro, Emanuele Vitale, Ermanno Work Ability after Breast Cancer: Study of Healthcare Personnel Operating in a Hospital of South Italy |
title | Work Ability after Breast Cancer: Study of Healthcare Personnel Operating in a Hospital of South Italy |
title_full | Work Ability after Breast Cancer: Study of Healthcare Personnel Operating in a Hospital of South Italy |
title_fullStr | Work Ability after Breast Cancer: Study of Healthcare Personnel Operating in a Hospital of South Italy |
title_full_unstemmed | Work Ability after Breast Cancer: Study of Healthcare Personnel Operating in a Hospital of South Italy |
title_short | Work Ability after Breast Cancer: Study of Healthcare Personnel Operating in a Hospital of South Italy |
title_sort | work ability after breast cancer: study of healthcare personnel operating in a hospital of south italy |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518308/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078550 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710835 |
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