title: Occupational status among adult survivors following allo-SCT.
abstract: Being in work or the equivalent is an important goal after allo-SCT and is used as an indicator of recovery. The aim was to elucidate occupational status and factors associated with work among SCT survivors. Adults in working age with a haematological disease (n=177) were followed up within a median of 8 (range 28) years post allo-SCT. Predictors of not being in work at all or working part-time because of sick leave, disability pension or early old-age pension were analyzed using logistic regression analyses. At diagnosis, 82% of the participants were working full-time and 2% were on sick leave or old-age pension. At follow-up, 52% were working full-time, 27% were working part-time and 17% were on sick leave, disability pension or old-age pension. Not working at all was associated with multi-morbidity (P=0.01) and poorer health (P=0.00). Working part-time was associated with a higher age at diagnosis (P=0.00), being a woman (P=0.03), being born abroad (P=0.03) and multi-morbidity (P=0.00). In conclusion, the majority of survivors were in paid work at follow-up; however, a substantial number were not working or worked part-time.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nursing, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Winterling
authors.affiliation: 1] Division of Nursing, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden [2] Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.affiliation: 1] Division of Insurance Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden [2] The Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wennman-Larsen
authors.affiliation: Division of Insurance Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: L-M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Petersson
authors.affiliation: Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ljungman
authors.affiliation: Division of Insurance Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alexanderson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D064591:Allografts; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D062707:Return to Work / Q000523:psychology; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology; D013548:Sweden; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation; D055815:Young Adult