Table 6.

Summary of employment characteristics.

Reference	Correlation of unemployment with outcomes	Unemployment rate	Further findings
Aksnes et al. 2008 [25]	Unemployment not significantly associated with poor functional outcomes	(i) 11% of cohort unemployed (ii) 50% of cohort reported that cancer had negatively influenced employment or educational choices	(i) “Employment and education opportunities negatively influenced by cancer” significantly associated with poor functional and QoL outcomes (ii) Less than one-third of cohort involved in physically demanding job
Pardasaney et al. 2006 [11]	Not assessed	(i) Patients with below-knee tumours: 47.4% amputees and 23.3% LSS patients unemployed (ii) Patients with above knee tumours: 42.9% of amputees and 33.6% of LSS patients unemployed
Thijssens et al. 2006 [23]	Not assessed	11.1% of patients of working age were unemployed
Weiner et al. 2006 [24]	Unemployment significantly associated with psychological distress	(i) 35% of cohort unemployed (ii) 24% of cohort reported having trouble with keeping up job or school requirements	“Difficulty with keeping up requirements” significantly associated with psychological distress