Introduction
Method
Design
Participants
Procedure
Measurements
QWL
Health-related variables
Work-related variables
Statistical analysis
Results
Total | Male | Female | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 302 (100%) |
N = 83 (28%) |
N = 219 (78%) | |||||
Age (mean in years ± SD) | 52.4 ± 8.1 | 54.7 ± 8.4 | 51.6 ± 7.9 | ||||
N
| (%) |
N
| (%) |
N
| (%) | ||
Marital status | Married/(living) together with a partner | 240 | (79) | 71 | (86) | 169 | (77) |
Single/divorced/widower | 62 | (21) | 12 | (14) | 50 | (23) | |
Main wage earner | Yes | 154 | (51) | 58 | (70) | 96 | (44) |
No | 48 | (16) | 0 | (0) | 48 | (22) | |
Equal with partner | 97 | (32) | 25 | (30) | 72 | (32) | |
Ethnicity | Dutch | 279 | (92) | 79 | (95) | 200 | (91) |
Immigrant | 21 | (7) | 4 | (5) | 19 | (9) | |
Number of cancer diagnoses | 1 diagnosis | 256 | (85) | 65 | (80) | 191 | (87) |
≥2 diagnoses | 45 | (15) | 17 | (20) | 28 | (13) | |
Cancer diagnosesa
| Breast cancer | 123 | (36) | 0 | (0) | 123 | (52) |
Gynaecological cancer | 59 | (17) | N/A | – | 56 | (23) | |
Gastrointestinal cancer | 47 | (14) | 26 | (28) | 18 | (8) | |
Urological cancer | 36 | (11) | 31 | (33) | 5 | (2) | |
Haematological cancer | 26 | (8) | 11 | (12) | 14 | (6) | |
Head and neck cancer | 22 | (6) | 17 | (18) | 5 | (2) | |
Malignant melanomas | 10 | (3) | 4 | (4) | 6 | (3) | |
Others (e.g., metastases) | 17 | (5) | 5 | (5) | 12 | (5) | |
Most recent cancer diagnosis | <1 year ago | 60 | (20) | 13 | (16) | 47 | (22) |
1–3 years ago | 162 | (54) | 39 | (48) | 123 | (56) | |
4–6 years ago | 55 | (18) | 13 | (16) | 42 | (19) | |
>6 years ago | 24 | (8) | 17 | (21) | 7 | (3) | |
Cancer treatmenta
| Surgery | 253 | (39) | 61 | (44) | 192 | (38) |
Radiotherapy | 152 | (23) | 30 | (21) | 122 | (24) | |
Chemotherapy | 150 | (23) | 36 | (26) | 114 | (22) | |
Hormone therapy | 67 | (10) | 3 | (2) | 64 | (13) | |
Otherb
| 31 | (5) | 10 | (7) | 21 | (4) | |
Currently treated | Yes | 42 | (14) | 7 | (8) | 35 | (16) |
Last cancer treatment | <1 year ago | 101 | (33) | 26 | (31) | 75 | (34) |
1–3 years ago | 96 | (32) | 23 | (28) | 73 | (33) | |
4–6 years ago | 41 | (14) | 10 | (12) | 31 | (14) | |
>6 years ago | 21 | (7) | 16 | (19) | 5 | (2) | |
Co-morbidity | Yes | 76 | (25) | 20 | (24) | 56 | (26) |
Total | Male | Female | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 302 (100%) |
N = 83 (28%) |
N = 219 (78%) | |||||
N
| (%) |
N
| (%) |
N
| (%) | ||
Education | Primary/secondary education | 55 | (18) | 18 | (22) | 37 | (17) |
Intermediate vocational education | 102 | (34) | 27 | (33) | 72 | (33) | |
Higher prof/academic education | 143 | (47) | 35 | (42) | 103 | (47) | |
Work contract | Permanent employment | 225 | (75) | 66 | (80) | 159 | (73) |
Temporary employment | 19 | (6) | 2 | (2) | 17 | (8) | |
Self-employed | 44 | (15) | 10 | (12) | 34 | (16) | |
Contract hours | <12 h | 12 | (4) | 0 | (0) | 12 | (6) |
12–36 h | 141 | (47) | 16 | (19) | 125 | (57) | |
>36 h | 112 | (37) | 59 | (71) | 53 | (24) | |
Years in the job | 0–3 years | 36 | (12) | 6 | (7) | 30 | (14) |
3–7 years | 40 | (13) | 8 | (10) | 32 | (15) | |
7–11 years | 43 | (14) | 12 | (15) | 31 | (14) | |
>11 years | 182 | (60) | 56 | (68) | 126 | (58) | |
Managerial position | Yes | 78 | (26) | 33 | (40) | 45 | (21) |
Occupational sector | Health care and pharmacy | 73 | (24) | 7 | (8) | 66 | (30) |
Educational | 34 | (11) | 4 | (5) | 30 | (14) | |
Government | 30 | (10) | 8 | (10) | 22 | (10) | |
Industrial/production | 20 | (7) | 12 | (14) | 8 | (4) | |
Facility management | 12 | (4) | 4 | (5) | 8 | (4) | |
Wholesale/retail business | 15 | (5) | 2 | (2) | 13 | (6) | |
Transport/logistics | 16 | (5) | 9 | (11) | 7 | (3) | |
Business services | 26 | (9) | 10 | (12) | 16 | (7) | |
Other | 75 | (25) | 26 | (31) | 49 | (22) | |
Gross income | ≤€1000 | 46 | (15) | 6 | (7) | 40 | (18) |
€1001–€2000 | 65 | (22) | 6 | (7) | 59 | (27) | |
€2001–€3000 | 60 | (20) | 19 | (23) | 41 | (19) | |
€3001–€4000 | 51 | (17) | 13 | (16) | 38 | (17) | |
≥€4000 | 47 | (16) | 28 | (34) | 19 | (9) |
QWL
Subscale | # of items |
N
| Mean ± SD | Median | Range | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Importance of work | 4 | 302 | 83 ± 14 | 80 | 25–100 |
2 | Impression of the work situation | 5 | 301 | 83 ± 15 | 84 | 24–100 |
3 | Atmosphere in the work environment | 5 | 291 | 81 ± 15 | 80 | 8–100 |
4 | Understanding and recognition in the organization | 5 | 264 | 75 ± 19 | 80 | 0–100 |
5 | Problems due to the health situation | 4 | 294 | 49 ± 27 | 45 | 0–100 |
Total score QWLQ-CS | 23 | 301* | 75 ± 12 | 76 | 30–100 |