The impact of side effects from outpatient chemotherapy on presenteeism in breast cancer patients: a prospective analysis

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Table 6 Correlations between absenteeism and presenteeism, and quality of life (subscales of QOL-ACD)

Adverse events	Correlation coefficient^#	p
Absenteeism versus ΔActivity	−0.570	0.011^*
Absenteeism versus ΔPhysical condition	−0.296	0.219
Absenteeism versus ΔPsychological condition	−0.240	0.322
Absenteeism versus ΔSocial relationships	−0.224	0.357
Presenteeism versus ΔActivity	−0.736	<0.001*
Presenteeism versus ΔPhysical condition	−0.429	0.067
Presenteeism versus ΔPsychological condition	−0.163	0.505
Presenteeism versus ΔSocial relationships	−0.184	0.450

Absenteeism and presenteeism represent respective rates of labor loss, ΔActivity, ΔPhysical condition, ΔPsychological condition and ΔSocial relationships represent respective changes in average scores of QOL-ACD subscales (Activity, Physical condition, Psychological condition and Social relationship)
^#Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, *p < 0.05