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Table 3 Measures of work, financial, and insurance worries by change in household income among young women with breast cancer in the Young and Strong trial from 2012 to 2013

From: Prospective evaluation of the impact of stress, anxiety, and depression on household income among young women with early breast cancer from the Young and Strong trial

 

3 Months

12 Months

 

Maintain ≥ $100,000

Same < $100,000

Gained

Lost

 

Maintain ≥ $100,000

Same < $100,000

Gained

Lost

 
 

N. (%)

N. (%)

N. (%)

N. (%)

p value

N. (%)

N. (%)

N. (%)

N. (%)

p value

All Women

Financial Problems

    

< 0.0001

    

< 0.0001

 No

119 (90.2)

77 (67.0)

31 (57.4)

25 (45.5)

 

120 (90.9)

75 (65.2)

34 (63.0)

23 (41.8)

 

 Yes

7 (5.3)

31 (27.0)

17 (31.5)

27 (49.1)

 

10 (7.6)

39 (33.9)

20 (37.0)

31 (56.4)

 

 Missing

6 (4.6)

7 (6.1)

6 (11.1)

3 (5.5)

 

2 (1.5)

1 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.8)

 

Insurance Problems

    

< 0.0001

    

0.02

 No

122 (92.4)

99 (86.1)

36 (66.7)

37 (67.3)

 

124 (93.9)

106 (92.2)

48 (88.9)

42 (76.4)

 

 Yes

4 (3.0)

9 (7.8)

12 (22.2)

14 (25.5)

 

7 (5.3)

8 (7.0)

6 (11.1)

11 (20.0)

 

 Missing

6 (4.6)

7 (6.1)

6 (11.1)

4 (7.3)

 

1 (0.8)

1 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

2 (3.6)

 

Currently Working

    

0.50

    

0.37

 No

40 (30.3)

41 (35.7)

21 (38.9)

19 (34.6)

 

22 (16.7)

22 (19.1)

13 (24.1)

16 (29.1)

 

 Yes

86 (65.2)

66 (57.4)

27 (50.0)

33 (60.0)

 

109 (82.6)

92 (80.0)

41 (75.9)

38 (69.1)

 

 Missing

6 (4.6)

8 (7.0)

6 (11.1)

3 (5.5)

 

1 (0.8)

1 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.8)

 

Employed Women

Difficulty Talking to Coworkers

    

0.61

    

0.76

 No

78 (90.7)

58 (87.9)

22 (81.5)

29 (87.9)

 

97 (89.0)

84 (91.3)

35 (85.4)

34 (89.5)

 

 Yes

8 (9.3)

8 (12.1)

5 (18.5)

4 (12.1)

 

12 (11.0)

8 (8.7)

6 (14.6)

4 (10.5)

 

Difficulty Asking for Time Off

    

0.37

    

0.78

 No

78 (90.7)

55 (83.3)

23 (85.2)

31 (93.9)

 

98 (89.9)

81 (88.0)

37 (90.2)

32 (84.2)

 

 Yes

8 (9.3)

11 (16.7)

4 (14.8)

2 (6.1)

 

11 (10.1)

11 (12.0)

4 (9.8)

6 (15.8)

 

Worried about being Fired

    

0.08

    

0.001

 No

82 (95.4)

57 (86.4)

24 (88.9)

27 (81.8)

 

106 (97.3)

83 (90.2)

41 (100)

30 (79.0)

 

 Yes

4 (4.7)

9 (13.6)

3 (11.1)

6 (18.2)

 

3 (2.8)

9 (9.8)

0 (0.0)

8 (21.1)

 

Unemployed Women

Looked for Work in the Past Month

    

0.08

    

0.69

  No

40 (100.0)

39 (97.5)

21 (100)

17 (89.5)

 

21 (95.5)

20 (90.9)

10 (83.3)

14 (87.5)

 

 Yes

0 (0.0)

1 (2.5)

0 (0.0)

2 (10.5)

 

1 (4.6)

2 (9.1)

2 (16.7)

2 (12.5)

 
  1. All p from Fisher’s exact tests; N=Number; missing: look for work: 1 at 3 months, 1 at 12 months
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