Lee Si Eun, Park Eun Young
College of Nursing, Gachon University, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs. 2023 Feb 4;10(3):100197. doi: 10.1016/j.apjon.2023.100197. eCollection 2023 Mar.
This study aimed to evaluate employees' attitudes toward cancer, patients with cancer, and cancer survivors' return to work.
This study used a cross-sectional survey with online questionnaires to collect data during a 1-month period in April 2022. A stratified sampling method was used to select 237 participants. The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients and an independent t-test.
The following trends were observed regarding attitudes toward cancer and patients with cancer: impossibility of recovery: 9.00 ± 2.10 (4-16); stereotypes: 8.08 ± 2.12 (4-16); discrimination: 6.98 ± 2.26 (4-16); and financial instability: 7.37 ± 1.87 (3-12). Regarding public attitudes toward cancer survivors' return to work, the following results were confirmed: gender and living with family members/acquaintances who had survived cancer significantly impacted perceptions toward cancer survivors' return to work.For both variables (gender and job type), a significant difference was observed. Men had significantly higher negative perceptions of patients with cancer and their return to work than women, and there were significant differences between professional group and labor group. Moreover, participants living with cancer survivors (either among their family members or acquaintances) showed a significant difference in terms of attitudes toward cancer and patients with cancer and a greater recognition of such survivors' return to the workplace.
Despite a reduction in social stigma attached to cancer and cancer survivors, survivors may find returning to the workplace difficult. Public efforts and strategies are necessary for increasing awareness and reducing discrimination in society. This study's results could be used as basic data for establishing a social support system in the workplace and developing policies and educational programs to increase awareness about cancer survivors' issues.
本研究旨在评估员工对癌症、癌症患者以及癌症幸存者重返工作岗位的态度。
本研究采用横断面调查，通过在线问卷在2022年4月的1个月内收集数据。采用分层抽样方法选取237名参与者。使用Pearson相关系数和独立样本t检验对数据进行分析。
在对癌症和癌症患者的态度方面观察到以下趋势：无法康复：9.00 ± 2.10（4 - 16）；刻板印象：8.08 ± 2.12（4 - 16）；歧视：6.98 ± 2.26（4 - 16）；以及经济不稳定：7.37 ± 1.87（3 - 12）。关于公众对癌症幸存者重返工作岗位的态度，证实了以下结果：性别以及与癌症幸存者家庭成员/熟人共同生活对癌症幸存者重返工作岗位的看法有显著影响。对于这两个变量（性别和工作类型），均观察到显著差异。男性对癌症患者及其重返工作岗位的负面看法明显高于女性，专业组和劳工组之间也存在显著差异。此外，与癌症幸存者（无论是家庭成员还是熟人）共同生活的参与者在对癌症和癌症患者的态度方面存在显著差异，并且对这些幸存者重返工作岗位的认可度更高。
尽管社会对癌症和癌症幸存者的污名有所减少，但幸存者可能仍难以重返工作岗位。需要社会做出努力并制定策略，以提高认识并减少社会歧视。本研究结果可作为在工作场所建立社会支持系统以及制定政策和教育计划以提高对癌症幸存者问题认识的基础数据。
