A Systematic Review of the Recent Quality of Life Studies in Adult Extremity Sarcoma Survivors

Table 6

Summary of employment characteristics.

Reference	Correlation of unemployment with outcomes	Unemployment rate	Further findings
Aksnes et al. 2008 [25]	Unemployment not significantly associated with poor functional outcomes	(i) 11% of cohort unemployed; (ii) 50% of cohort reported that cancer had negatively influenced employment or educational choices	(i) “Employment and education opportunities negatively influenced by cancer” significantly associated with poor functional and QoL outcomes; (ii) Less than one-third of cohort involved in physically demanding job
Pardasaney et al. 2006 [11]	Not assessed	(i) Patients with below-knee tumours: 47.4% amputees and 23.3% LSS patients unemployed; (ii) Patients with above knee tumours: 42.9% of amputees and 33.6% of LSS patients unemployed
Thijssens et al. 2006 [23]	Not assessed	11.1% of patients of working age were unemployed
Weiner et al. 2006 [24]	Unemployment significantly associated with psychological distress	(i) 35% of cohort unemployed; (ii) 24% of cohort reported having trouble with keeping up job or school requirements	“Difficulty with keeping up requirements” significantly associated with psychological distress