92 Chapter 5 Table 1 Characteristics and differences between disability benefit applicants with cancer regarding residual work capacity and ability to work fulltime Total group (n = 3690) N (%) No residual work capacity (N = 1572, 42.6%) N (%) Residual work capacity (N = 2118, 57.4%) N (%) p-value Total group (n = 1864) N (%) Inability to work fulltime (N = 1301, 69.8%) N (%) Ability to work fulltime (N = 563, 30.2%) p-value Age (years) (mean ± sd) 53.3 ± 8.8 53.8 ± 8.7 52.9 ± 9.0 .002 52.8 ± 9.1 53.2 ± 8.9 51.7 ± 9.5 .001 Female gender 2230 (60.4%) 900 (57.3%) 1330 (62.8%) .001 1178 (63.2%) 839 (64.5%) 339 (60.2%) .079 Educational levela .002 .224 Low 845 (41.8%) 87 (55.4%) 758 (40.7%) 758 (40.7%) 520 (40.0%) 238 (42.3%) Middle 746 (36.9%) 44 (28.0%) 702 (37.7%) 702 (37.7%) 485 (37.3%) 217 (38.5%) High 430 (21.3%) 26 (16.6%) 404 (21.7%) 404 (21.7%) 296 (22.8%) 108 (19.2%) Multimorbidity 1448 (39.2%) 331 (21.1%) 1117 (52.7%) < .001 1009 (54.1%) 688 (52.9%) 321 (57.0%) .100 Degree of ability to work fulltime < .001 >8h per day 391 (21.0%) - 391 (69.4%) ≤ 8 h per day 172 (9.2%) - 172 (30.6%) ≤ 6 h per day 237 (12.7%) 237 (18.2%) - ≤ 4 h per day 755 (40.5%) 755 (58.0%) - ≤ 2 h per day 309 (16.6%) 309 (23.8%) - Cancer diagnosis group Cancers of breast 1042 (28.2%) 322 (20.5%) 720 (34.0%) < .001 648 (34.8%) 437 (33.6%) 211 (37.5%) .106 Cancer of digestive organs 753 (20.4%) 412 (26.2%) 341 (16.1%) < .001 296 (15.9%) 205 (15.8%) 91 (16.2%) .826 Lymphoid and haematopoietic cancers 452 (12.2%) 128 (8.1%) 324 (15.3%) < .001 292 (15.7%) 229 (17.6%) 63 (11.2%) < .001 Cancers of respiratory organs 430 (11.7%) 266 (16.9%) 164 (7.7%) < .001 137 (7.3%) 105 (8.1%) 32 (5.7%) .070
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