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. 2022 Mar 12;30(6):5299–5309. doi: 10.1007/s00520-022-06914-w

Table 3.

For people aged under 60 years and in paid employment at diagnosis, bivariate and multivariate associations between demographic and disease factors and not being in paid employment at point of survey

Characteristic % Not in paid employment at follow-up
Bivariate p value OR 95% CI
Total 14.5
Tumour group
Breast 16.0 1
Colorectal 19.3 1.73 0.74 4.04
Melanoma 5.8 0.52 0.20 1.36
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 17.5 0.88 0.31 2.47
Prostate 20.3 0.013 1.79 0.54 5.91
Years post diagnosis
1 year 9.6 1
3 years 12.8 1.01 0.45 2.25
5 years 20.1 0.017 2.26 1.09 4.69
Age at diagnosis
 < 50 years 7.7 1
50–59 years 19.4 0.001 3.00 1.52 5.92
Sex
Male 12.6 1
Female 15.9 0.29 1.94 0.83 4.51
Information needs
No needs 11.1 1
Low needs (1–3) 13.5 1.64 0.89 3.04
High needs (4 +) 22.5 0.018 2.07 1.00 4.28
Index of relative socio-economic disadvantage (deciles) Mean
Employed 6.93
Unemployed 6.28 0.06
Unit increase (decile) 0.88 0.79 0.98
Number of longstanding comorbidities
Employed 0.70
Unemployed 1.07  < 0.001
Increase for every 1 additional comorbid condition 1.61 1.16 2.23

Adjusting for country of birth and response to treatment