Work Ability in Young Adult Survivors (WAYS)

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To document levels of labor force participation, occupation, educational attainment, and financial toxicity following cancer treatment in young adult (YA) cancer survivors aged 25-34 years, and to compare these levels to national benchmarks by age.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To describe the relationship between levels of work ability and occupational status, educational attainment, and financial toxicity in post-treatment YA cancer survivors aged 25-34 years.

II. To determine associations of self-reported physical, cognitive, and psychosocial issues related to cancer diagnosis and treatment with work ability and financial toxicity in post-treatment YA cancer survivors aged 25-34 years.

OUTLINE:

This observational, cross-sectional study will recruit 200 YA survivors through the Wake Forest National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Research Base (WF NCORP RB). Data will be collected using a web-based interface and will capture physical, psychosocial and cognitive late effects; work ability; work-related outcomes, including labor force participation, occupation, work place characteristics, and educational attainment; survivor characteristics; and cancer diagnosis/treatment information (from clinical records). Researchers will evaluate the relationships among these measures using the theoretical framework to guide statistical analysis.