AUTHOR=Guo Yu-Jie , Xue Ping , Gu Wen-wen , Su Xiao-qin , Li Jia-mei , Kuai Ben-xin , Xu Jia-shuo , Xie Hui-wen , Han Ping-ping 

TITLE=Development and validation of Adaptability to Return-to-Work Scale (ARTWS) for cancer patients

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=14

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1275331

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1275331

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Introduction</title><p>The research on cancer patients returning to work in China is still in its infancy, and there is no research and discussion on the adaptability to return-to-work for cancer patients. It is critical to develop the Adaptability to Return-to-Work Scale (ARTWS) for cancer patients and evaluate its psychometric properties.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>The items of the initial scale were compiled based on the theoretical model and literature review results. Through two rounds of Delphi expert consultation (<italic>N</italic> = 15) and a pilot survey (<italic>N</italic> = 40), the initial scale was further checked and revised. Conduct a large sample survey (<italic>N</italic> = 376) and the construct validity and reliability of the ARTWS were assessed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA).</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>The final ARTWS consisted of 24 items. “Focusing on rehabilitation,” “Rebuilding Self-efficiency,” and “Adjusting plans” as common factors in determining adaptability to return to work for cancer patients, and the cumulative variance contribution rate for these three factors was 66.6%. The S-CVI of the total scale was 0.979. The Cronbach’s α coefficient was 0.937 and the 2-week test–retest reliability was 0.814.</p></sec><sec><title>Discussion</title><p>ARTWS has good correlation validity and can be used as a tool to measure the adaptability of cancer patients’ return to work. The presentation of the manuscript in Research Square (<ext-link xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2323264/v1" ext-link-type="uri" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2323264/v1</ext-link>).</p></sec>