Wengenroth, Laura; Sommer, Grit; Schindler, Matthias; Spycher, Ben D; von der Weid, Nicolas X; Stutz-Grunder, Eveline; Michel, Gisela; Kuehni, Claudia E (2016). Income in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0155546. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0155546
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INTRODUCTION
Little is known about the impact of childhood cancer on the personal income of survivors. We compared income between survivors and siblings, and determined factors associated with income.
METHODS
As part of the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (SCCSS), a questionnaire was sent to survivors, aged ≥18 years, registered in the Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry (SCCR), diagnosed at age <21 years, who had survived ≥5 years after diagnosis of the primary tumor. Siblings were used as a comparison group. We asked questions about education, profession and income and retrieved clinical data from the SCCR. We used multivariable logistic regression to identify characteristics associated with income.
RESULTS
We analyzed data from 1'506 survivors and 598 siblings. Survivors were less likely than siblings to have a high monthly income (>4'500 CHF), even after we adjusted for socio-demographic and educational factors (OR = 0.46, p<0.001). Older age, male sex, personal and parental education, and number of working hours were associated with high income. Survivors of leukemia (OR = 0.40, p<0.001), lymphoma (OR = 0.63, p = 0.040), CNS tumors (OR = 0.22, p<0.001), bone tumors (OR = 0.24, p = 0.003) had a lower income than siblings. Survivors who had cranial irradiation, had a lower income than survivors who had no cranial irradiation (OR = 0.48, p = 0.006).
DISCUSSION
Even after adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics, education and working hours, survivors of various diagnostic groups have lower incomes than siblings. Further research needs to identify the underlying causes.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine |
Graduate School: |
Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Wengenroth, Laura, Sommer, Grit, Schindler, Matthias, Spycher, Ben, Stutz-Grunder, Eveline, Kühni, Claudia |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
Publisher: |
Public Library of Science |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Anette van Dorland |
Date Deposited: |
07 Jun 2016 12:05 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:56 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0155546 |
PubMed ID: |
27213682 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.83600 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/83600 |
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