Table 3 Factors associated with changes in working status after cancer diagnosis (N = 730)

Demographic factors

 Age (years)

1.05 (1.02, 1.08)

0.99 (0.97, 1.02)

0.99 (0.95, 1.03)

 Sex, female

3.65 (2.09, 6.38)

1.63 (0.84, 3.16)

1.07 (0.38, 3.00)

 Marital status, not married

1.62 (0.91, 2.87)

1.23 (0.64, 2.35)

3.36 (1.42, 7.95)

 Education, < high school

1.67 (0.89, 3.12)

1.60 (0.74, 3.44)

1.02 (0.32, 3.24)

 Principal wage earner

  Patient alone

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  Patient and other family members

0.53 (0.26, 1.08)

0.97 (0.50, 1.85)

0.71 (0.31, 1.65)

  Other family members

6.76 (4.06, 11.26)

3.52 (2.00, 6.20)

0.99 (0.39, 2.47)

 Job type at diagnosis

  White collar

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  Service or sales

1.28 (0.73, 2.23)

1.33 (0.69, 2.55)

2.17 (0.87, 5.45)

  Blue collar

1.84 (1.07, 3.15)

1.65 (0.89, 3.05)

1.19 (0.50, 2.85)

Clinical factors

 Cancer type

  Breast cancer

8.18 (3.01, 22.25)

8.01 (2.53, 25.39)

2.01 (0.46, 8.81)

  Pancreatobiliary cancer

2.71 (0.98, 7.54)

3.81 (1.15, 12.58)

1.61 (0.56, 4.62)

  Lung/esophagus cancer

3.38 (1.36, 8.36)

4.75 (1.74, 12.96)

1.39 (0.48, 4.00)

  Urologic cancer

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  Colorectal cancer

12.47 (4.55, 34.15)

4.88 (1.46, 16.31)

1.41 (0.27, 7.50)

  Gastric cancer

6.50 (2.10, 20.13)

2.68 (0.68, 10.65)

1.01 (0.11, 9.21)

  Liver cancer

5.43 (1.65, 17.87)

5.55 (1.34, 22.92)

1.92 (0.43, 8.47)

  Others

9.89 (3.69, 26.56)

4.40 (1.41, 13.74)

2.21 (0.57, 8.55)

 Disease stage at diagnosis

  Stage I

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  Stage II

1.67 (0.98, 2.84)

1.20 (0.67, 2.18)

1.11 (0.47, 2.64)

  Stage III

3.18 (1.79, 5.66)

2.11 (1.11, 3.99)

1.32 (0.47, 3.75)

  Stage IV

2.00 (0.83, 4.79)

2.37 (0.96, 5.87)

0.71 (0.08, 6.06)

 Experienced cancer recurrence

2.48 (1.45, 4.24)

2.81 (1.51, 5.23)

1.03 (0.43, 2.51)

 Time since diagnosis (months)

   < 12

1.23 (0.70, 2.16)

7.18 (3.21, 16.07)

0.12 (0.04, 0.37)

  12 to < 24

1.80 (0.98, 3.30)

3.80 (1.58, 9.13)

0.34 (0.13, 0.90)

  24 to < 36

0.76 (0.38, 1.56)

0.73 (0.22, 2.37)

0.65 (0.28, 1.48)

   ≥ 36

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Work-related and psychological factors

 Occupational stress

  Job demand

1.21 (0.73, 2.01)

1.44 (0.82, 2.51)

1.23 (0.54, 2.82)

  Insufficient job control

2.26 (1.38, 3.71)

1.14 (0.63, 2.08)

1.72 (0.81, 3.65)

  Interpersonal conflict

1.86 (1.18, 2.92)

0.64 (0.38, 1.09)

0.78 (0.38, 1.59)

  Job insecurity

2.63 (1.44, 4.82)

2.43 (1.23, 4.81)

1.78 (0.73, 4.37)

  Organizational system

3.49 (2.12, 5.72)

1.18 (0.66, 2.11)

0.79 (0.33, 1.88)

  Lack of reward

11.76 (3.28, 42.1)

3.36 (0.68, 16.52)

2.03 (0.21, 19.83)

  Occupational climate

1.53 (0.87, 2.69)

0.96 (0.49, 1.88)

1.20 (0.48, 2.99)

 Meaning of work

  Positive meaning, ≤ 11

4.49 (2.81, 7.18)

1.53 (0.96, 2.46)

0.88 (0.45, 1.70)

  Meaning-making through work, ≤ 11

3.50 (2.23, 5.51)

1.49 (0.93, 2.38)

1.05 (0.54, 2.04)

  Greater good motivations, ≤ 11

3.01 (1.94, 4.66)

1.38 (0.86, 2.21)

(0.37, 1.40)