Predictors of Employment Status among African Americans with Sickle Cell Disease
Predictors of Employment Status among African Americans with Sickle Cell Disease
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DOI：
10.1353/hpu.2010.0945
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发表时间：
2010-11-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Bediako, Shawn M.
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作者：
Bediako, Shawn M.
患有镰状细胞病（SCD）的成年人失业率极高;然而，对影响其职业成果的因素知之甚少。本研究探讨了人口统计学，疾病的看法，和心理变量作为预测就业状况的115名成年受访者谁完成了横断面调查的镰状细胞病的合作研究的一部分。Logistic回归分析表明，性别，自信，和感知的影响SCD的就业状况的独特预测。女性被雇用的可能性是男性的2.88倍，自信心每下降一个单位，被雇用的几率就会增加2.47倍。对SCD更有利的看法也与就业率的两倍增长有关。结果表明，人口和心理社会因素可能发挥更重要的作用，在预测就业结果成人SCD比以前认识到的。
Adults living with sickle cell disease (SCD) have extremely high rates of unemployment; however, very little is known about factors that contribute to their vocational outcomes. This study examined demographic, illness perception, and psychological variables as predictors of employment status among 115 adult respondents who completed a cross-sectional survey as part of the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease. Logistic regression analysis indicated that gender, assertiveness, and perceived impact of SCD were unique predictors of employment status. Women were 2.88 times more likely to be employed than men, and the odds of being employed increased by a factor of 2.47 for each one unit decrease in assertiveness. More favorable perceptions of SCD were also associated with a two-fold increase in employment. The results suggest that demographic and psychosocial factors may play a more important role in predicting employment outcomes in adults with SCD than previously recognized.