Table 1 Demographic, clinical data, and outcome measures of the study sample (n = 119).
From: Factors influencing employment and absenteeism in working age people with multiple sclerosis
Categorial variable | N | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 54 | 45.4% |
Female | 65 | 54.6% | |
Total | 119 | 100.0% | |
Home location | North | 11 | 10.0% |
Center | 89 | 80.9% | |
South | 10 | 9.1% | |
Total | 110 | 100.0% | |
Family status | Married | 70 | 60.3% |
Widowed | 6 | 5.2% | |
Single | 31 | 26.7% | |
Divorced | 9 | 7.8% | |
Total | 116 | 100.0% | |
Employment status | Fully employed | 59 | 49.6% |
Partially employed | 35 | 29.4% | |
Unemployed | 25 | 21.0% | |
Total | 119 | 100.0% | |
EDSS | 0–2.0 | 57 | 57.0% |
2.5-4.0 | 20 | 20.0% | |
4.5–5.5 | 12 | 12.0% | |
6.0–7.0 | 11 | 11.0% | |
Continuous/Ordinal Variable | Mean | Standard Deviation | Range |
Age, y | 40.41 | 11.41 | 20–62 |
Education, y | 15.40 | 2.92 | 9–26 |
Disease duration, y | 9.95 | 7.73 | 0–30 |
Total MSWDQ score | 30.78 | 23.33 | 0-89.58 |
Cognitive barriers | 28.89 | 22.80 | 0-100 |
Physical barriers | 29.98 | 23.94 | 0-90.63 |
External barriers | 34.88 | 30.67 | 0-100 |
Bladder, score | 1.08 | 1.56 | 0-5.50 |
Bowel, score | 0.61 | 0.87 | 0-4.20 |
Cognition (SDMT score) | 47.53 | 13.55 | 16–87 |
Perceived mobility (MSWS12) | 28.77 | 17.36 | 0–60 |
Fear of falling (FES-I score) | 27.55 | 12.82 | 0–62 |
Fatigue (MFIS score) | 33.40 | 20.65 | 0–84 |
Anxiety (HADS score) | 6.44 | 4.64 | 0–18 |
Depression (HADS score) | 5.15 | 4.06 | 0–16 |