Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Work and Qol Outcomes In Survivors of Breast Cancer

描述(由申请人提供)：在整个护理过程中，我们对乳腺癌女性患者的治疗经验和结果的种族/民族差异的理解存在很大差距。特别是，几乎没有关于拉丁裔的治疗经历及其对重返工作岗位和进入生存期的生活质量的影响的信息。此外，人们对非洲裔美国女性在有偿工作和生活质量方面的结果差异的担忧挥之不去。为了解决这些问题，我们建议在诊断后3年对2005年5月至2007年2月期间2498名被诊断为乳腺癌的患者进行随访调查，并向洛杉矶和底特律SEER登记报告。我们将研究种族/民族差异在乳腺癌患者生存期内中断有偿工作的情况。我们还将检查种族/民族在生活质量领域的差异，包括乳腺癌患者进入早期生存期的经济压力。公共卫生相关性：这项研究的结果将为卫生保健政策和干预措施提供参考，以提高弱势患者群体的护理质量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There are large gaps in our understanding of racial/ethnic disparities in treatment experiences and outcomes for women with breast cancer across the continuum of care. In particular, there is virtually no information about the treatment experiences of Latinas and the implications on return to work and quality of life into the survivorship period. Furthermore, there are lingering concerns about disparities in outcomes related to paid work and quality of life for African American women. To address these issues we propose to perform a follow-up survey at 3 years after diagnosis of a cohort of 2498 patients diagnosed with breast cancer during a period from May 2005 to February 2007 and reported to the Los Angeles and Detroit SEER registries. We will examine racial/ethnic differences in disruption in paid work for patients with breast cancer into the survivorship period. We will also examine racial/ethnic differences in quality of life domains including financial stress for patients with breast cancer into the early survivorship period. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Results from the study will inform health care policy and interventions to improve the quality of care for vulnerable patient populations.