TY - JOUR
AU1 - Gonzalez, Brian
AU2 - Grandner, Michael
AU3 - Caminiti, Courtney
AU4 - Hui, Siu-kuen
AB - Purpose History of cancer is significantly associated with increases in healthcare costs, worse work performance, and higher absenteeism in the workplace. This is particularly important as most cancer survivors return to employment. Sleep disturbance is a largely overlooked potential contributor to these changes. Methods Data from 9488 state employees participating in the Kansas State employee wellness program were used to assess cancer history, sleep disturbance, healthcare expenditures, work performance ratings, and absenteeism. Participants were cate- gorized as having had no history of breast or prostate cancer, a past history only with no current cancer treatment, or current treatment for breast or prostate cancer. Indirect mediation analyses determined whether sleep disturbance mediated the influence of cancer status on outcomes. Results Employees receiving treatment for breast or prostate cancer had significantly greater healthcare expenditures and absen- teeism than those with a past history or no history of cancer (ps < .0001). Sleep disturbance significantly mediated the impact of cancer on healthcare expenditures and absenteeism (ps < .05), accounting for 2 and 8% of the impact of cancer on healthcare expenditure and missed full days of work, respectively. Conclusions The worse outcomes observed among employees receiving treatment for breast and prostate cancer, 
TI - Cancer survivors in the workplace: sleep disturbance mediates the impact of cancer on healthcare expenditures and work absenteeism
JF - Supportive Care in Cancer
DO - 10.1007/s00520-018-4272-4
DA - 2018-06-05
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/cancer-survivors-in-the-workplace-sleep-disturbance-mediates-the-yi80pP8gwB
SP - 4049
EP - 4055
VL - 26
IS - 12
DP - DeepDyve
ER -