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- Title
Predictors of Employment Status for People with Multiple Sclerosis.
- Authors
Roessler, Richard T.; Rumrill, Phillip D.; Fitzgerald, Shawn M.
- 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 (R² = .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.
- Subjects
MULTIPLE sclerosis; EMPLOYMENT; CAREER development; VOCATIONAL guidance; SURVEYS; PATIENTS
- Publication
Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2004, Vol 47, Issue 2, p96
- ISSN
0034-3552
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00343552030470020401