Predictors of Employment Status for People with Multiple Sclerosis

Autor/inn/en	Roessler, Richard T.; Rumrill, Phillip D.; Fitzgerald, Shawn M.
Titel	Predictors of Employment Status for People with Multiple Sclerosis
Quelle	In: Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 47 (2004) 2, S.96-103 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-3552
DOI	10.1177/00343552030470020401
Schlagwörter	Diseases; Predictor Variables; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Severity (of Disability); Cognitive Processes; Neurological Impairments; Employment Level; Educational Attainment; Physical Disabilities; High School Graduates; College Graduates; Career Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Disease; Krankheit; Prädiktor; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Schweregrad; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Beschäftigungsgrad; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Berufsentwicklung
Abstract	This study examined the relevance of the disease-and-demographics model for explaining the employment outcomes of adults with multiple sclerosis (MS). Participating in a national survey of their employment concerns, 1,310 adults with MS provided data for the study (274 men, 21%; 1,020 women, 78%; 16 participants did not identify their gender). With an average age of 50 (SD = 12.14), most of the respondents were White (92%), well educated (97% were high school graduates, 40% were college graduates), and residing in urban and suburban areas (74%). Results from a backward stepwise multiple logistic regression analysis included the following variables as best predictors of employment status: educational attainment, severity of symptoms, persistence of symptoms, and presence of cognitive impairment/dysfunction (R[superscript 2] = 0.23). The article discusses the relationship of the findings to psychosocial and career development models in rehabilitation and to training, educational, accommodation planning, and cognitive interventions. (Contains 2 tables and 2 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10