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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Rehabil. 2021 Jan 2;31(3):543–551. doi: 10.1007/s10926-020-09951-6

Table 4.

The effects of cancer, its treatment, or the lasting effects of treatment on job performance for those who sustained employment, Sister Study Survivorship Survey, 2014

Characteristics Yes No
N (%) N (%)
Interfered with performance of any physical tasks at work 238 (18.0) 1084 (82.0)
Interfered with performance any mental tasks required by your job 305 (23.1) 1018 (77.0)
Felt you were less productive at work 495 (36.8) 849 (63.2)
Feared being forced to retire or quit before you wanted to 307 (22.8) 1040 (77.2)
Stayed at a job because of concern with losing health insurance 386 (28.6) 965 (71.4)
Experienced discrimination in the workplace 66 (5.0) 1268 (95.1)

Sustained employment (n = 1398): women who were employed at the time of diagnosis and currently employed at the time of survey

Row totals may not add up to subpopulation total as missing were not shown