Table 3.
Univariate associations between characteristics of both cancer and heart attack survivors (≤ 5 years after diagnosis or attack) and their interaction, and employment status (not at work; at work) at two-year follow-up
| Characteristics (Ch) | Employment status at two-year follow-up (not at work; at work) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer (at work; N = 159)* | Heart attack (at work; N = 78)* | P-value Ch x group † | |||
| OR (95% CI) | P-value | OR (95% CI) | P-value | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 1.36 (0.60–3.08) | 0.466 | 0.17 (0.02–1.36) | 0.094 | 0.066 |
| Male | Ref. | Ref. | |||
| Age | |||||
| > 55 and ≤65 yrs | 0.56 (0.23–1.39) | 0.213 | 1.29 (0.32–5.22) | 0.717 | 0.326 |
| ≤ 55 yrs | Ref. | Ref. | |||
| Current smokera | |||||
| No | 1.31 (0.28–6.14) | 0.730 | 1.70 (0.24–12.17) | 0.597 | 0.970 |
| Yes | Ref. | Ref. | |||
| Alcohol (last 12 months) | |||||
| Twice or more a day | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| (Almost) daily | 1.95 (0.37–10.31) | 0.432 | |||
| Once or twice a week | 2.81 (0.55–14.31) | 0.213 | |||
| Once or twice a month | 9.75 (0.78–121.84) | 0.077 | |||
| Special occasions only | 2.63 (0.41–16.94) | 0.310 | |||
| Not at all | Ref. | ||||
| Moderate or vigorous sport activities | |||||
| Yes | 2.73 (1.00–7.48) | 0.051 | 0.79 (0.15–4.25) | 0.785 | 0.216 |
| No | Ref. | Ref. | |||
| General health | |||||
| Very good | Ref. | Ref. | |||
| Good | 1.94 (0.59–6.39) | 0.274 | 1.29 (0.19–8.67) | 0.796 | 0.719 |
| Fair | 0.44 (0.15–1.29) | 0.134 | 2.29 (0.32–16.51) | 0.413 | 0.151 |
| Bad | 0.39 (0.09–1.77) | 0.221 | 0.29 (0.01–6.91) | 0.441 | 0.864 |
| Very bad | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| GHQ (range 0–36) | 0.93 (0.83–1.04) | 0.194 | 1.44 (1.01–2.04) | 0.042 | 0.020 |
| Participation | |||||
| 5–8 | 2.04 (0.83–4.98) | 0.119 | 0.39 (0.05–3.38) | 0.395 | 0.166 |
| 1–4 | Ref. | Ref. | |||
| CES-D 8 | |||||
| ≥ 3 | 1.03 (0.31–3.41) | 0.956 | 0.38 (0.03–4.59) | 0.443 | 0.474 |
| < 3 | Ref. | Ref. | |||
| Quality of life (CASP19) | |||||
| - Control (range 0–12) | 1.01 (0.86–1.19) | 0.878 | 1.01 (0.73–1.37) | 0.994 | 0.949 |
| - Autonomy (range 0–15) | 1.08 (0.93–1.27) | 0.309 | 1.03 (0.78–1.35) | 0.859 | 0.727 |
| - Self-realisation (range 0–15) | 1.09 (0.93–1.28) | 0.274 | 1.01 (0.80–1.28) | 0.921 | 0.596 |
| - Pleasure (range 0–15) | 0.97 (0.80–1.19) | 0.800 | 0.82 (0.55–1.22) | 0.328 | 0.449 |
| Job satisfaction (range 4–48) | 1.02 (0.93–1.12) | 0.646 | 0.83 (0.60–1.14) | 0.245 | 0.213 |
| Expectation of being at work after certain ageb | |||||
| 50–100% | 1.12 (0.48–2.67) | 0.805 | 3.81 (0.88–16.53) | 0.074 | 0.159 |
| 0 – ≤ 50% | Ref. | Ref. | |||
*Missing values were imputed with the mean of the other cases; †P-value of interaction between characteristic and diagnose group (cancer/heart attack), cut-off for p-values 0.10 aOnly persons who have ever smoked were included; bOnly women ≤59 and men ≤64 are included