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Table 2 Factors of importance for work or not during two years after breast cancer surgery

From: Factors of decisive importance for being in work or not during two years after breast cancer surgery: content analysis of 462 women’s open answers

A. Health and wellbeing

B. Contacts and encounters

C. Flexibility and adjustment possibilities

D. Socioeconomic consequences from working/not working

E. Own motivation and characteristics

A.1. General health and wellbeing

B.1. At the workplace

C.1. Work content, scheduling, and place

D.1. Distraction and normalcy

 

A.2. Having had symptoms or problems

B.2. Family, relatives, and friends

C.2. Extent and timing of work or SA

D.2. Economic security or economic stress

 

A.2.a. Mental or emotional symptoms or problems

B.3. Healthcare

C.3. Treatment and healthcare appointments

  

A.2.b. Physical symptoms or problems

B.4. Other organizations

C.4. Transportation

  

A.3. Consequences related to effects, and timing of treatment

    

A.4. Disease prognosis or progress

    

A.5. Rehabilitation measures

    

A.6. Factors related to other aspects than the BC that may be related to wellbeing

    
  1. Categories in letters (e.g., A. or B.), sub-categories in numbers (e.g., A.1. or B.1); Sub-sub-categories in italics (e.g., A.2.a.)