Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, PO Box 30.001, Groningen, 9700 RB, 9713 AV, The Netherlands.
Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, Amsterdam, 1066 CX, The Netherlands.
J Occup Rehabil. 2023 Dec;33(4):766-775. doi: 10.1007/s10926-023-10104-8. Epub 2023 Mar 20.
The Cognitive Symptom Checklist-Work (CSC-W) is a self-report measure to assess cognitive symptoms (i.e., memory and executive function) in working adults with cancer. To date, general working population norm data are lacking worldwide. We established CSC-W norm values in the general working population, and assessed associations of CSC-W scores with work and health-related factors.
This cross-sectional study consisted of 1,000 Dutch working adults, of whom data was collected through an online respondent panel. The sample was stratified for sex and age, and data were weighted. Summary scores of the CSC-W total scale, and memory and executive function symptoms subscales, were determined (e.g., means, percentiles). Z- and T-scores were calculated, and analysis of (co)variance has been applied.
Cognitive symptom scores were relatively stable across age groups, but 18-39-year-old respondents reported lower memory and executive function than respondents in other age groups. Symptom scores of memory function (mean 29.1; SD = 16.7) were higher for all age groups and in both sexes compared to executive function (mean 22.1; SD = 16.8). No sex differences in memory and executive function were observed. Higher symptom scores were associated with performing non-manual work only, manual work only, self-reported long-term illness, and higher levels of depressive symptoms and fatigue.
The CSC-W norms may enhance the interpretation and facilitate the analysis of self-reported cognitive symptoms in patients with cancer at work. Our findings may support health care professionals in identifying working adults with cancer with cognitive symptoms and in developing personalized treatment.
认知症状清单-工作版（CSC-W）是一种自我报告的测量工具，用于评估癌症在职成年人的认知症状（即记忆和执行功能）。迄今为止，全球范围内缺乏一般工作人群的常模数据。我们在一般工作人群中建立了 CSC-W 常模值，并评估了 CSC-W 评分与工作和健康相关因素的相关性。
这是一项横断面研究，包括 1000 名荷兰在职成年人，通过在线受访者小组收集数据。该样本按性别和年龄分层，并进行了数据加权。确定了 CSC-W 总分和记忆及执行功能症状分量表的综合评分（例如平均值、百分位数）。计算了 Z 分数和 T 分数，并应用了方差分析。
认知症状评分在年龄组之间相对稳定，但 18-39 岁的受访者报告的记忆和执行功能比其他年龄组的受访者差。所有年龄组和性别中，记忆功能的症状评分（平均值 29.1；SD=16.7）均高于执行功能（平均值 22.1；SD=16.8）。记忆和执行功能在性别方面无差异。较高的症状评分与从事非体力劳动、体力劳动、自我报告的长期疾病以及更高水平的抑郁症状和疲劳有关。
CSC-W 常模可增强对工作中癌症患者自我报告认知症状的解释和分析。我们的研究结果可能有助于医疗保健专业人员识别有认知症状的在职癌症成年人，并制定个性化的治疗方案。
