Tracking the impact of multiple sclerosis on employment status: the development of a questionnaire.

Autor: Cores EV; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Hospital Interzonal de Agudos 'Eva Perón', Laboratorio de Deterioro Cognitivo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Universidad de Buenos Aires, Faculty of Psychology, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Steinberg J; Hospital Británico, Demyelinating Diseases Area, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Cuesta C; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Hospital Interzonal de Agudos 'Eva Perón', Laboratorio de Deterioro Cognitivo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Universidad de Buenos Aires, Faculty of Psychology, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Curbelo MC; Hospital Británico, Demyelinating Diseases Area, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Osorio MA; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Hospital Interzonal de Agudos 'Eva Perón', Laboratorio de Deterioro Cognitivo, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Bauer JJ; Esclerosis Múltiple Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Politis DG; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Hospital Interzonal de Agudos 'Eva Perón', Laboratorio de Deterioro Cognitivo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Universidad de Buenos Aires, Faculty of Psychology, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria [Arq Neuropsiquiatr] 2022 Sep; Vol. 80 (9), pp. 929-934. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 09.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1755344
Abstrakt: Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) has a negative effect on employment status.
Objective: To present the preliminary results of a special questionnaire designed to collect employment information on patients with MS.
Methods: The questionnaire on the impact of MS on employment status was completed by 63 patients. Fatigue, cognition, and depression were also evaluated, and 33 healthy participants were recruited as a control group.
Results: Regarding the patients' employment status, we found rates of 31.7% of full-time employment, 28.6% of part-time employment, 7.9% of unemployment due to MS, 4.8% of housewives, 1.6% retirement due to age, 15.9% of retirement due to disability, 7.9% of medical leave due to MS, and 1.6% of medical leave for other reasons. The rate of unemployment among the patients was significantly higher compared with that of the control group. Out of 38 working patients, 31% had been absent from work for the previous 3 months due to MS, and 50% had to make changes in their work to remain employed. Out of the 19 unemployed patients, 78% said that walking difficulties were the cause of unemployment, while 52% thought cognitive impairment was the cause.
Conclusions: The questionnaire provides a record of the employment status of patients with MS and describes the impact on work from their point of view.
Competing Interests: The authors have no conflict of interests to declare.
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Databáze: MEDLINE