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Table 1 Descriptives

From: Post-treatment work patterns amongst survivors of lymphoma treated with high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell transplantation

Variable description

Total

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Not employed

N

225

113

40

68

Current work situation (from questionnaire)

Background variables

Per cent

Per cent

Female

39

21

63

54

Married (missing n = 1)

74

72

73

75

Higher education (missing n = 1)

47

51

54

37

 

Mean (sd)

Mean (sd)

Age at diagnosis

40 (12.9)

39 (12.7)

40 (13.3)

42 (12.3)

Age at treatment

43 (12.9)

42 (12.3)

43 (14.0)

45 (12.6)

Age at questionnaire

52 (11.6)

51 (10.7)

52 (13.5)

54 (11.6)

Body Mass Index

26 (4.9)

26 (4.0)

26 (6.0)

26 (5.6)

Time: Diagnose to HDT-ASCT

2.9 (3.8)

2.9 (4.32)

3.1 (3.7)

2.7 (2.8)

Time: HDT-ASCT to survey

8.7 (3.7)

8.7 (3.8)

9.1 (3.7)

8.5 (3.6)

Labour market characteristics

Per cent

Per cent

Employed at diagnosis

85

89

90

75

Employed before HDT-ASCT (missing n = 4)

77

91

79

53

Employed at survey (missing n = 4)

69

100

100

0

 

Mean (sd)

Mean (sd)

Work hours at diagnosis (missing n = 32)

34 (13.3)

36 (12.2)

34 (11.0)

31 (14.6)

Work hours if employed now

21 (18.6)

34 (12.6)

21 (12.8)

0 (0)

Work ability at diagnosis (missing n = 20)

8.5 (2.8)

9.3 (1.5)

8.9 (2.7)

6.8 (3.9)

Work ability at survey (missing n = 26)

6.1 (3.2)

7.9 (2.1)

5.8 (2.0)

2.8 (2.9)

Health-related characteristics

Per cent

Per cent

Heart disease (missing n = 1)

9

8

8

12

Second cancer

11

7

10

19

Relapse after HDT-ASCT

21

18

28

24

Chronic fatigue (missing n = 1)

33

21

43

49

Anxiety

21

12

18

37

Lymphoma diagnose

➢ Hodgkin’s lymphoma

27

28

25

26

➢ Aggressive lymphoma

65

65

70

62

➢ Indolent lymphoma

8

7

5

12

Treatment lines before HDT-ASCT

➢ One

28

33

23

21

➢ Two

59

54

63

65

➢ More than two

14

13

15

15

  1. Sample descriptives with sociodemographic and health variables and work-related characteristics. Deviancies due to missing values (of the 225 included in the final analyses, four had missing values for current work situation and could therefore not be categorised as full time, part time or not working). HDT-ASCT: High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell transplantation, sd: Standard deviation. Fulltime workers: Fulltime job (94) Self-employed (18) Sickleave (1). Part-time workers: (40). Not employed: unemployment insurance (2), disability insurance (50), temporary disability insurance (15), homemaker (1).