Cancer and heart attack survivors’ expectations of employment status: results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Duijts, Saskia F. A.; van der Beek, Allard J.; Bleiker, Eveline M. A.; Smith, Lee; Wardle, Jane

doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4659-z

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of cancer survivors (≤ 5 years after diagnosis) not at work and at work

From: Cancer and heart attack survivors’ expectations of employment status: results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Sample characteristics			Not at work; N = 187 N (%)^a		At work; N = 159 N (%)^a		P-value
Gender	Male		73 (39)		66 (42)		0.640
Gender	Female		114 (61)		93 (48)		0.640
Age	≤ 55 years		27 (14)		61 (38)		0.000
Age	> 55 and ≤65 years		160 (86)		98 (62)		0.000
Current smoker^b	Yes	Cigarettes^c	22 (33)	27 (66)	12 (20)	19 (100)	0.004
	Yes	Roll ups		14 (34)		0 (0)
	No		44 (67)		49 (80)		0.082
Alcohol (last 12 months)	Twice or more a day		6 (4)		1 (1)		0.000
	(Almost) daily		42 (25)		45 (30)
	Once or twice a week		37 (22)		59 (39)
	Once or twice a month		24 (14)		19 (13)
	Special occasions only		29 (17)		19 (13)
	Not at all		29 (17)		8 (5)
Moderate or vigorous sport activities	Yes		118 (63)		130 (82)		0.000
Moderate or vigorous sport activities	No		69 (37)		29 (18)		0.000
General health	Very good		29 (16)		41 (26)		0.000
	Good		41 (23)		63 (40)
	Fair		53 (30)		41 (26)
	Bad		49 (28)		11 (7)
	Very bad		6 (3)		3 (2)
GHQ (range 0–36)^d	Mean (SD)		10.81 (4.651)		10.37 (4.556)		0.493
Participation (range 1–8)^e	Between 1 and 4 activities		83 (52)		40 (27)		0.000
Participation (range 1–8)^e	Between 5 and 8 activities		78 (48)		110 (73)		0.000
CES-D 8 (0–8; cut-off ≥3)^f	No depressive symptoms		124 (69)		133 (84)		0.001
CES-D 8 (0–8; cut-off ≥3)^f	Depressive symptoms		56 (31)		25 (16)		0.001
Quality of life (CASP19)^g
- Control (0–12)	Mean (SD)		7.21 (2.797)		8.49 (2.532)		0.000
- Autonomy (0–15)	Mean (SD)		9.23 (3.011)		10.08 (2.629)		0.009
- Self-realisation (0–15)	Mean (SD)		9.06 (3.633)		10.67 (2.667)		0.000
- Pleasure (0–15)	Mean (SD)		12.78 (2.746)		13.46 (2.097)		0.016
Job satisfaction (range 4–48)^h	Mean (SD)		n/a		32.89 (6.668)		n/a
Expectation of being at work (0–100%) after certain ageⁱ	Below or equal to 50%		99 (94)		64 (45)		0.000
Expectation of being at work (0–100%) after certain ageⁱ	Above 50%		6 (6)		77 (55)		0.000

^aIf numbers do not add up to 187 (not at work) or 159 (at work), there were missing values; ^b Only persons who have ever smoked were included; ^c Only current smokers were included; ^d GHQ = General Health Questionnaire; N = 111 not at work; N = 97 at work ^e Participation activities are e.g., voting, reading newspaper, having a hobby, taking vacation, using internet, using mobile phone; ^f CES-D 8 = 8-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; ^g N = 156 not at work; N = 149 at work; ^h Only those at work were included; ⁱ N = 105 not at work; N = 141 at work (only women ≤59 and men ≤64 are included)

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