Review Article
Multiple Myeloma in People of Working Age: A Systematic Review and Evidence Synthesis of Experiences of Paid and Unpaid Work
Table 2
Detailed study characteristics.
| | Author | Year | Location | Sample size | Mean age (range) | Patient/family or both |
| | Coon | 2004a | USA | 21 | 52 (36–70) | Patient | | Coon | 2004b | USA | 21 | 52 (38–70) | Patient | | Johansson | 2005 | Sweden | 12 | 56 (37–70) | Patient | | Fine Dahan | 2006 | USA | 6 | 57 (50–66) | Patient | | Vlossak | 2008 | Canada | 20 | 59 (44–88) | Patient | | McGrath | 2009 | Australia | 10 (8 with myeloma) | 53.9 (23–72) | Patient | | Potrata | 2010 | UK | 15 | 58.2 (42–75) | Patient | | Maher | 2011 | UK | 8 | Not specified (48–74) | Patient | | Kelly | 2011 | Ireland | 11 | 63 (42–83) | Patient | | Molassiotis | 2011 | UK | 20 (patients) | 61.8 (not specified) | Both | | 16 (family) | | Potrata | 2011 | UK | 15 | 58.2 (42–75) | Patient | | Craike | 2013 | Australia | 24 | 62 (48–78) | Patient | | Osborne | 2014 | UK | 31 | 64 (median) (41–81) | Patient | | Baz | 2015 | USA | 20 | 60.4 (48–77) | Patient | | Wagland | 2015 | Australia | 5 | 48 (not specified) | Patient | | Cormican | 2016 | Ireland | 8 patients | Not specified (55–85) | Patient | | Morris | 2017 | UK | 7 (family) | 55.6 | Family | | Asfaw | 2018 | USA | 20 | 59 (29–71) | Patient | | Cormican | 2018 | Ireland | 15 (patients) | 66 (51–80) | Both | | 9 (family) | | Clifton | 2018 | Australia | 18 (3 with myeloma) | 51 (45–61) | Patient | | Monterosso | 2018 | Australia | 14 | 56.5 (age range: 36–74) | Patient | | De Wet | 2019 | Australia | 15 | 62 (51–74) | Patient | | Parsons | 2019 | Canada | 32 | 66 (51–83) | Patient | | Quinoa-Salanova | 2019 | Spain | 12 | Mean not specified (40–>70) | Family | | Cuffe | 2020 | Ireland | 6 | 67.5 (63–73) | Patient | | Jen | 2020 | Singapore | 12 (patients) | Ages not specified | Both | | 12 (family) | | Bennink | 2021 | Netherlands | 9 | 54 (47–59) | Patient | | Gries | 2021 | USA | 30 | 69 (55–88) | Patient | | He | 2021 | UK, France, Germany | 30 | 60 (not specified) | Patient | | Janssens | 2021 | Belgium, Finland, Romania, Spain | 24 | 61 (46–73) | Patient | | LeBlanc | 2021 | USA | 15 | 64 (46–88) | Patient | | Pritlove | 2021 | Canada | 16 (patients) | Patient: 65 (57–70) | Both | | 8 (family) | Partner: 62 (41–68) | | Crawford | 2022 | USA, Canada, UK | 39 | 60 (48–72) | Patient | | Mccaughan | 2022 | UK | 35 (patients) | Mean not specified (50–80) | Both | | 10 (family) |
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