Characteristics of cancer survivors and factors potentially predictive for return to work, measured at baseline (n=100) (due to missing values not all percentages relate to 100 cases)
| Sociodemographic and person related | |
| Gender, male (%) | 33 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 42 (8.6) |
| Marital status, living alone (%) | 19 |
| Education, higher (%) | 64 |
| Working hours >32/week (%) | 53 |
| Years on the job, mean (SD) | 9 (7.8) |
| Employed on temporary basis (%) | 16 |
| Self efficacy (ALCO) (range 0–100), mean (SD) | 68 (9) |
| Disease and treatment related | |
| Cancer site (%) | |
| Breast | 22 |
| Cervix | 23 |
| Testis | 16 |
| Colon | 5 |
| Leukaemia | 5 |
| Miscellaneous | 29 |
| Treatment modalities (%) | |
| Operation | 85 |
| Chemotherapy | 38 |
| Radiotherapy | 48 |
| Other therapy | 20 |
| Physical problems (RSCL) (range 23–92), mean (SD) | 34.8 (9) |
| Psychological problems (RSCL) (range 7–28), mean (SD) | 11.9 (4) |
| Activity related problems (RSCL) (range 8–32), mean (SD) | 11.9 (4) |
| Depression score (CESD) (range 0–60), mean (SD) | 11.2 (9) |
| Fatigue inventory (range 4–20), mean (SD) | 12.0 (5) |
| Pain, yes (%) | 46 |
| Work related | |
| Physical workload (range 0–100), mean (SD) | 63.2 (18) |
| Mental workload (range 0–100), mean (SD) | 20.9 (18) |
| Emotional workload (range 0–100), mean (SD) | 20.4 (18) |
| Autonomy (range 0–100), mean (SD) | 64.1 (24) |
| Job variation (range 0–100), mean (SD) | 67.6 (19) |
| Relation co-workers (range 0–100 ), mean (SD) | 81.6 (14) |
| Relation superiors (range 0–100), mean (SD) | 80.3 (19) |
| Return to work measures at baseline | |
| At work (%) | 25 |
| Sick leave, median days (IRQ) | 144 (48) |