Table 2. Characteristics associated with variation in HICU between diagnosis and survey (N = 1,636).
| All | Variation in HICU Column % |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decrease | No change | Increase | Missing | |||
| Socio-demographic characteristics | ||||||
| Gender | *** | ref. | ns | ns | ||
| Male | 21.0 | 12.5 | 22.9 | 21.5 | 29.7 | |
| Female | 79.0 | 87.5 | 77.1 | 78.5 | 70.3 | |
| Age at diagnosis | ns | ref. | ns | *** | ||
| < 40 | 20.3 | 24.6 | 21.0 | 19.6 | 12.0 | |
| > = 40 and < 50 | 54.3 | 49.2 | 55.8 | 56.3 | 49.2 | |
| > = 50 | 25.4 | 26.2 | 23.2 | 24.1 | 38.8 | |
| Marital status at diagnosis | ns | ref. | ns | ** | ||
| In a relationship | 85.3 | 90.2 | 87.0 | 83.7 | 77.6 | |
| Single | 14.7 | 9.8 | 13.0 | 16.3 | 22.4 | |
| Dependent children at diagnosis | ns | ref. | ** | ns | ||
| Yes | 30.4 | 33.6 | 34.1 | 26.9 | 31.6 | |
| No | 69.6 | 66.4 | 65.9 | 73.1 | 68.4 | |
| Educational level at diagnosis | * | ref. | * | *** | ||
| Primary | 3.1 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 6.7 | |
| Secondary | 31.0 | 31.0 | 27.4 | 32.3 | 35.4 | |
| Tertiary | 65.9 | 64.9 | 71.0 | 64.6 | 57.9 | |
| Place of residence | ns | ref. | ns | ns | ||
| Rural | 25.7 | 25.5 | 23.1 | 27.8 | 23.6 | |
| Small town (< 200,000 residents) | 39.2 | 38.4 | 40.1 | 39.7 | 34.8 | |
| Big city (> = 200,000 residents) | 35.1 | 36.1 | 36.8 | 32.5 | 41.5 | |
| HICU | ns | ref. | *** | *** | ||
| High (> 3rd quartile) | 22.0 | 35.9 | 31.6 | 14.6 | 1.6 | |
| Intermediate (q1-q3) | 48.1 | 56.7 | 57.1 | 45.8 | 11.7 | |
| Low (< 1st quartile) | 23.4 | 7.4 | 11.3 | 39.6 | 5.0 | |
| Missing | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.7 | |
| Job characteristics at diagnosis | ||||||
| Sector of activity | ns | ref. | ns | ** | ||
| Public | 23.1 | 24.4 | 23.2 | 24.4 | 12.3 | |
| Private | 76.9 | 75.6 | 76.8 | 75.6 | 87.7 | |
| Socio-professional category | # | ref. | ns | ns | ||
| Execution | 52.5 | 58.3 | 51.3 | 51.2 | 51.4 | |
| Supervisors | 47.5 | 41.7 | 48.7 | 48.8 | 48.6 | |
| Type of contract | * | ref. | ns | *** | ||
| Permanent | 74.1 | 70.2 | 77.6 | 77.2 | 52.5 | |
| Fixed term | 9.2 | 12.8 | 6.9 | 9.5 | 7.7 | |
| Self-employed | 15.2 | 15.7 | 15.2 | 12.2 | 31.9 | |
| Missing | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 7.9 | |
| Job-related change between diagnosis and survey | ||||||
| Change of job and/or employer after diagnosis | *** | ref. | * | ns | ||
| Yes | 24.2 | 39.1 | 19.2 | 24.9 | 24.0 | |
| No | 75.8 | 69.9 | 80.8 | 75.2 | 76.0 | |
| Working time reduction after diagnosis | *** | ref. | ns | ** | ||
| Yes | 30.1 | 47.0 | 29.2 | 26.6 | 17.2 | |
| No | 69.9 | 53.0 | 70.8 | 73.4 | 82.8 | |
| Medical characteristics | ||||||
| Duration of first sick leave | ns | ref. | # | ** | ||
| None (or < 1 month) | 18.0 | 18.1 | 18.0 | 16.2 | 28.6 | |
| < 6 months | 40.7 | 31.8 | 38.9 | 44.3 | 45.5 | |
| between 6 months and 1 year | 16.8 | 17.6 | 16.2 | 18.4 | 7.7 | |
| between 1 and 2 years | 16.7 | 23.6 | 18.6 | 14.5 | 8.3 | |
| > = 2 years | 6.3 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 7.7 | |
| Missing | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.2 | |
| Tumor site | ns | ref. | ns | *** | ||
| Breast | 55.4 | 64.4 | 53.9 | 54.4 | 46.8 | |
| Lung and aerodigestive tract | 6.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 23.2 | |
| Colon-rectum | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 5.6 | |
| Bladder, kidney and prostate | 7.4 | 5.0 | 8.8 | 7.1 | 9.0 | |
| Thyroid | 9.8 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 12.5 | 3.7 | |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 4.4 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 2.3 | |
| Melanoma | 7.2 | 5.0 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 5.9 | |
| Uterus and cervix | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.5 | |
| Adverse cancer event between diagnosis and survey | # | ref. | ** | ns | ||
| Yes | 17.7 | 16.0 | 20.9 | 14.9 | 26.4 | |
| No | 82.3 | 84.0 | 79.1 | 85.1 | 73.6 | |
***p value < 0.01%
**p value < 1%
*p value < 5%
#p value < 10% (Chi squared test). Each test was performed on a selected group comparing separately paired groups: decrease vs not change (ref.), increase vs not change and missing vs not change.
Note to the reader: 79.0% of survivors who were still working at survey were women, and these represent 87.5% of people who experienced a decrease in HICU.