Table 1 Description of the employed pro-WELL baseline population
From: Work and family conflicts in employees with spinal cord injury and their caregiving partners
Variable | m (SCI; caregivers) | Persons with SCI (n=79) | Caregiving partners (n=93) | P difference SCI caregiving partners a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic and lesion characteristics | ||||
Male gender, n (%) | 0; 0 | 64 (81.0) | 24 (25.8) | <0.001 |
Female gender, n (%) | 15 (19.0) | 69 (74.2) | ||
Age in years, mean (s.d.) | 0; 0 | 48.9 (9.2) | 48.8 (9.2) | 0.98 |
Paraplegia, incomplete, n (%) | 1 | 27 (34.6) | N/A | |
Paraplegia, complete, n (%) | 33 (42.3) | N/A | ||
Tetraplegia, incomplete, n (%) | 10 (12.8) | N/A | ||
Tetraplegia, complete, n (%) | 8 (10.3) | N/A | ||
Traumatic aetiology, n (%) | 2 | 70 (90.9) | N/A | |
Nontraumatic aetiology, n (%) | 7 (9.1) | N/A | ||
Inter-role conflicts | ||||
Work–family conflicts, n (%) | 0; 0 | 22 (27.9) | 29 (31.2) | 0.63 |
No work–family conflicts, n (%) | 57 (72.2) | 64 (68.8) | ||
Family–work conflicts, n (%) | 0; 0 | 12 (15.2) | 13 (14.0) | 0.82 |
No family–work conflicts, n (%) | 67 (84.8) | 80 (86.0) | ||
Health indicators | ||||
Mental health, range 0–100, mean (s.d.) | 0; 0 | 72.0 (16.4) | 73.8 (15.2) | 0.56 |
Vitality, range 0–100, mean (s.d.) | 0; 0 | 59.2 (18.1) | 59.9 (18.1) | 0.80 |
Well-being, range 0–20, mean (s.d.) | 0; 0 | 14.4 (3.2) | 15.4 (3.5) | 0.02 |
Positive affect, range 5–25, mean (s.d.) | 0; 1 | 17.5 (3.5) | 17.7 (3.8) | 0.76 |
Negative affect, range 5–25, mean (s.d.) | 0; 0 | 8.8 (3.40) | 8.4 (3.3) | 0.62 |
Highest quintile of negative affect, n (%) | 0; 0 | 20 (25.3) | 17 (18.3) | 0.26 |
Lower quintiles of negative affect, n (%) | 0; 0 | 59 (74.7) | 76 (81.7) | |
Own engagement in productive activities | ||||
Weekly hours of paid work, mean (s.d.) | 2; 6 | 23.2 (10.5) | 27.9 (11.4) | 0.02 |
Caregiving less than 1 h per day, n (%) | N/A | 36 (38.7) | ||
At least 1 h per day, n (%) | N/A | 57 (61.3) | ||
Partners engagement in productive activities | ||||
Partner in paid work, n (%) | 0; 1 | 60 (76.0) | 61 (65.6) | |
Partner not in paid work, n (%) | 19 (24.1) | 32 (34.4) | ||
Caregiving less than 1 h per day, n (%) | 0 | 36 (45.6) | N/A | |
At least 1 h per day, n (%) | 43 (54.4) | N/A | ||
Socioeconomic circumstances | ||||
Years of education, mean (s.d.) | 0; 3 | 14.2 (3.0) | 14.6 (3.1) | 0.44 |
Net-equivalent household income in CHF, mean (s.d.) | 9; 9 | 4972.8 (1262.5) | 4563.9 (1579.6) | 0.15 |
Subjective social position, range 0–10, mean (s.d.) | 1; 2 | 6.1 (1.6) | 6.0 (1.7) | 0.41 |
Low (0–3), n (%) | 12 (15.4) | 14 (15.4) | 0.79 | |
Middle (4–6), n (%) | 50 (64.1) | 62 (68.1) | ||
High (7–10), n (%) | 16 (20.5) | 15 (16.5) | ||
