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 2 Baseline characteristics of heart attack survivors (≤ 5 years after attack) 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 = 113 N (%)^a		At work; N = 78 N (%)^a		P-value
Gender	Male		85 (75)		72 (92)		0.002
Gender	Female		28 (25)		6 (8)		0.002
Age	≤ 55 years		20 (34)		33 (42)		0.000
Age	> 55 and ≤65 years		93 (66)		45 (58)		0.000
Current smoker^b	Yes	Cigarettes^c	13 (24)	13 (65)	12 (30)	13 (76)	0.493
	Yes	Roll ups		7 (35)		4 (24)
	No		41 (76)		28 (70)		0.520
Alcohol (last 12 months)	Twice or more a day		2 (2)		1 (1)		0.009
	(Almost) daily		31 (30)		20 (30)
	Once or twice a week		29 (28)		26 (39)
	Once or twice a month		8 (8)		12 (18)
	Special occasions only		13 (13)		7 (10)
	Not at all		20 (19)		1 (1)
Moderate or vigorous sport activities	Yes		73 (71)		61 (78)		0.043
Moderate or vigorous sport activities	No		40 (29)		17 (22)		0.043
General health	Very good		8 (7)		14 (18)		0.000
	Good		21 (20)		24 (32)
	Fair		43 (41)		34 (45)
	Bad		25 (24)		4 (5)
	Very bad		9 (8)		0 (0)
GHQ (range 0–36)^d	Mean (SD)		11.30 (3.670)		9.43 (2.500)		0.004
Participation (range 1–8)^e	Between 1 and 4 activities		50 (52)		18 (27)		0.002
Participation (range 1–8)^e	Between 5 and 8 activities		47 (48)		49 (73)		0.002
CES-D 8 (0–8; cut-off ≥3)^f	No depressive symptoms		80 (71)		72 (92)		0.000
CES-D 8 (0–8; cut-off ≥3)^f	Depressive symptoms		33 (29)		6 (8)		0.000
Quality of life (CASP19)^g
- Control (0–12)	Mean (SD)		7.10 (2.823)		7.97 (2.469)		0.048
- Autonomy (0–15)	Mean (SD)		8.41 (2.744)		9.19 (2.865)		0.085
- Self-realisation (0–15)	Mean (SD)		7.99 (3.330)		9.94 (3.059)		0.000
- Pleasure (0–15)	Mean (SD)		12.38 (2.845)		13.08 (2.621)		0.114
Job satisfaction (range 4–48)^h	Mean (SD)		n/a		30.50 (5.328)		n/a
Expectation of being at work (0–100%) after certain ageⁱ	Below or equal to 50%		95 (94)		34 (44)		0.000
Expectation of being at work (0–100%) after certain ageⁱ	Above 50%		6 (6)		44 (56)		0.000

^aIf numbers do not add up to 113 (not at work) or 78 (at work), there were missing values; ^bOnly persons who have ever smoked were included; ^cOnly current smokers were included;^d GHQ General Health Questionnaire; N = 60 not at work; N = 44 at work ^eParticipation activities are e.g., voting, reading newspaper, having a hobby, taking vacation, using internet, using mobile phone; ^fCES-D 8 = 8-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; ^g N = 96 not at work; N = 64 at work; ^hOnly those at work were included; ⁱ N = 92 not at work; N = 76 at work (only women ≤59 and men ≤64 are included)

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