A. Did this happen to you?		B. If it did happen, how upsetting was it?
	No	Yes	Not at all upsetting	A little bit upsetting	Moderately upsetting	Very upsetting	Extremely upsetting
1. Fired from your job as a result of your illness/transplant			0	1	2	3	4
2. Had to take a paid leave of absence due to your illness/transplant			0	1	2	3	4
3. Had to take an unpaid leave of absence due to your illness/transplant			0	1	2	3	4
4. Had to quit your job or retire as a result of your illness/transplant			0	1	2	3	4
5. Experienced a pay cut or loss of income due to your illness/transplant			0	1	2	3	4
6. You had to go on disability due to your illness/transplant			0	1	2	3	4
7. You were threatened with losing your job due to your illness/transplant			0	1	2	3	4
8. Your partner's work situation was hurt by your illness/transplant			0	1	2	3	4
9. Your employer was unsupportive			0	1	2	3	4
10. Your partner's employer was unsupportive			0	1	2	3	4
11. You had to go back to work too soon after your illness/transplant			0	1	2	3	4
12. You could not go back to work as soon as you wanted after your illness/transplant			0	1	2	3	4

Note. Responses to Part A are first coded such that “No”=0 and “Yes”=1. Next, for each item, responses to Part A and Part B are multiplied. The resulting products are then summed. Scores range from 0–48 with higher scores indicating greater perceived employment stress.