Employment as a health promotion intervention for persons with multiple sclerosis
Employment as a health promotion intervention for persons with multiple sclerosis
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DOI：
10.3233/wor-152202
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发表时间：
2015-01-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Bezyak, Jill
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作者：
Chiu, Chung-Yi;Chan, Fong;Bezyak, Jill
目的：研究就业状况（没有就业，兼职工作，全职工作）和功能障碍，健康相关的生活质量和生活满意度的人与MS。方法：157个人MS完成了一项调查包，包括就业状况，自我报告残疾的严重程度，和健康相关的量表。一系列的多变量方差分析，以确定就业组之间的差异，在健康相关的outcomes.RESULTS：失业组有最高水平的丧失工作能力和社会障碍的三个群体。他们的身体健康相关生活质量和生活满意度也最低。兼职组有最低水平的抑郁症和较高水平的体育活动参与的三组个人MS。结论：就业是显着相关的健康相关的生活质量，因此，它应该被认为是一个重要的公共卫生干预MS患者。
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between employment status (no employment, part-time employment, and full-time employment) and functional disability, health-related quality of life, and life satisfaction of people with MS.METHODS: 157 individuals with MS completed a survey packet, including employment status, self-report disability severity, and health-related scales. A series of multivariate analysis of variance was performed to determine the differences between employment groups in health-related outcomes.RESULTS: The unemployed group had the highest levels of incapacity and social impairments among the three groups. They also had the lowest physical health-related quality of life and life satisfaction. The part-time employed group had the lowest levels of depression and higher levels of physical activity participation among the three groups of individuals with MS.CONCLUSIONS: Employment is significantly related to health-related quality of life, and as a result, it should be considered an important public health intervention for people with MS.