Determinants of General Satisfaction With the Employment Situation Among People With Multiple Sclerosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-102
Author(s):  
Jian Li ◽  
Richard T. Roessler ◽  
Phillip D. Rumrill ◽  
James Krause
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Full Time ◽  
General Satisfaction ◽  
Perceived Quality Of Life ◽  
Employment Situation ◽  
National Multiple Sclerosis Society ◽  
Environmental Participation ◽  
Employment Concerns

BackgroundSocial and environmental participation endeavors are theorized to shape one's general satisfaction with the overall employment situation facing people with MS.ObjectiveResponding to a national survey of the employment concerns of Americans with multiple sclerosis (MS), this study examined the extent to which factors at the demographic, disease-related, and social and environmental participation levels contribute to the predictability power for general satisfaction with the employment situation for people with MS.MethodParticipants in this study consisted of 1,149 members of nine National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) chapters representing 21 states and Washington, DC. In a hierarchical multiple regression analysis, participants were mostly older (average age of 50 years) White (74%) individuals, nearly half of whom were unemployed (47%) but well educated (98% were high school graduates, 45% were college graduates).FindingsFindings underscore the complexity involved in predicting how satisfied people with MS are with their overall employment situation.ConclusionsYounger, less educated individuals with higher levels of perceived quality of life who were employed full-time and experiencing no or lower levels of cognitive impairment were more likely than other participants to be satisfied with 17 high-priority employment concerns.

Personal, health and function, and career maintenance factors as determinants of quality of life among employed people with multiple sclerosis

Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip Rumrill ◽  
Jian Li ◽  
David Strauser ◽  
Richard T. Roessler ◽  
Malachy Bishop ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Perceived Quality Of Life ◽  
National Multiple Sclerosis Society ◽  
And Function

BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an intrusive disease that significantly affects labor force participation. OBJECTIVE: This study examined the extent to which factors at the personal, health and function, and environmental/career maintenance levels contribute to the predictability power for quality of life among employed people with MS. METHOD: Participants consisted of 523 members of nine National Multiple Sclerosis Society chapters representing 21 states and Washington, DC. These individuals were employed at the time of the survey, and they were primarily middle age (average age of 48 years) and Caucasian (74%). RESULTS: The final hierarchical multiple regression model explained 54 percent of the variability in participants’ quality of life scores, although none of the hypothesized personal/demographic predictors were significant. Participants who perceived better overall health and lower levels of stress, who experienced less severe cognitive and mobility-related MS symptoms, and who expressed stronger job-person matches and higher levels of job satisfaction reported higher quality of life scores than did other participants. CONCLUSIONS: The findings underscore the complexity involved in predicting perceived quality of life among employed people with MS. Implications of these findings for future research and clinical practice are discussed.

Revisiting The Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite: proceedings from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) Task Force on Clinical Disability Measures

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 1074-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Ontaneda ◽  
N LaRocca ◽  
T Coetzee ◽  
RA Rudick
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Outcome Measure ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Critical Path ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Functional Composite ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite ◽  
Score Method ◽  
National Multiple Sclerosis Society ◽  
Disability Outcome

This article describes proceedings from a meeting of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) Task Force on Clinical Disability Measures (the TF). The TF was appointed by the NMSS Research Programs Advisory Committee with the goal of pooling and analyzing existing datasets to explore the utility of novel disability outcome measures based on the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC) approach. The TF seeks to determine the suitability of the MSFC approach as a primary clinical outcome measure for registration trials in MS. The TF met in Washington, DC, Dec. 14 and 15, 2011, and provided unanimous support for a collaborative approach involving representatives from academic medicine, the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory agencies, the NMSS and the Critical Path Institute. There was also unanimous agreement that analysis of existing datasets would be useful in making progress toward the objective. The TF placed high value on determining the clinical meaning of individual component measures for the MSFC, and in establishing optimal analysis methods for MSFC so that scores would be more interpretable than the originally recommended z-score method. The background for a collaborative project aimed at developing an improved disability outcome measure is described in this paper.

Correlates of Perceived Job Performance Among Employed Adults With Multiple Sclerosis

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-90
Author(s):  
Phillip D. Rumrill ◽  
Richard Roessler ◽  
Jian Li ◽  
Malachy Bishop ◽  
Katherine J. Inge
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
Counseling Interventions ◽  
National Multiple Sclerosis Society ◽  
Low Levels

BackgroundThe expectation to remain in the labor force is a powerful indicator of long-term employment outcomes for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), and it is determined in part by perceived current job performance.ObjectiveThis study identified correlates of perceived job performance among working adults with MS.MethodParticipants included 611 members of nine National Multiple Sclerosis Society chapters representing 21 states and Washington, DC. Participants were employed, and primarily female (81%), older (average age of 48 years), and White (77%).ResultsHierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that males, Whites, people without or with low levels of cognitive impairment, and those who reported stronger job/person matches and higher levels of job satisfaction were more likely than other participants to positively evaluate their own job performance. The aggregated predictors explained 20% of the variability in participants’ job performance self-ratings.ImplicationsFindings show the complexity in predicting how satisfied employed people with MS are with their overall job performance, which in turn shapes their expectations and intentions about staying in or disengaging from the workforce. The implications of the findings for rehabilitation counseling interventions and for identifying adults with MS who would benefit from early intervention are discussed.

College-Bound Figured Worlds: Case Studies of Three Urban High Schools

2021 ◽  
pp. 001312452110275
Author(s):  
Meredith R. Naughton
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Figured Worlds ◽  
Public High Schools ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Peer Mentors ◽  
Compare And Contrast

This qualitative case study explored the unique ways recent college graduates serving as full-time, near-peer mentors supported students along the path to college in three different urban public high schools. By applying the theory of figured worlds to school spaces and practices, this study sought to both define the physical and figurative ways mentors helped students envision and enact college-bound identities and compare and contrast the differences in these spaces across schools. Data and thematic analysis indicate that promoting the development and enactment of college-bound identities requires intentionality about how school culture, people, and policies enable real and figurative spaces for college-bound exploration and support.

How to Do Well Graduate Employment of Colleges and Universities under the Low Carbon Economy Environment

2012 ◽  
Vol 573-574 ◽  
pp. 821-825
Author(s):  
Hui Qin Zhao ◽  
Hong Wang
Keyword(s):  
College Graduates ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Core Competitiveness ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Graduate Employment ◽  
Employment Situation ◽  
Life Philosophy ◽  
Carbon Economy

Low carbon economy makes effect on employment. It shows that low carbon is not only a kind of life philosophy. With the development of new energy technology, it has risen to national economic strategy, and may become a new economic growth point. At the same time, the adjustment of energy structure, not only benefits to the sustainable development road of economic development to" green" , and also brings in new hope for improving the current employment situation. The employment situation of college graduates is an important index of social inspection and evaluation of the quality of running a school; it is one of the core competitiveness of schools. Graduate employment status relates to the school reputation directly. This paper studies that how colleges and universities do the employment work of graduates.

P019 Adulthood of juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients: professional outcome

Rheumatology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 60 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Miladi ◽  
S Bouzid ◽  
A Fazaa ◽  
L Souabni ◽  
M Sellami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Disease Onset ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Family Status ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Professional Outcome

Abstract Background Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous group of rheumatic diseases characterized by onset before the age of 16. Since the disease starts at an early age, it may lead to socio-professional difficulties in adulthood for JIA patients. This study aimed to describe the professional outcome of a series of 20 JIA patients. Methods A cross-sectional study including patients aged 20 years and more and fulfilling the ILAR criteria for the diagnosis of JIA was carried out. Telephone interviews were conducted. The responders answered questions about family status, current occupation, working h, eventual workplace adjustments, and sick leave frequency. Results Twenty patients answered the questionary; 14 males and 6 females. The mean age of the disease onset was 8 years. The mean age of patients at the time of the study was 24.27 years [20–36]. Polyarticular form was the most frequent (10 cases). Other subtypes diagnosed were systemic (4 cases), enthesitis-related arthritis (5 cases), oligoarticular (one case). Hip arthritis was observed in 8 patients and surgical intervention was needed in three. Eight patients were treated with csDMARDSs and 12 with bDMARDs. Three of our patients were married (aged 24, 34, and 36). Five were still studying: 4 had good grades without absenteeism. However, one patient needed special aid to go to school and had a higher absence rate. Five other patients were full-time college students without absenteeism. Four patients were college graduates. Among them, two were searching for a job for >6 months. The other two were full-time administrative workers with no absenteeism. One patient did need workplace adjustments. Six patients could not work because of their physical disabilities. Conclusion According to our results, a quarter of our patients could not access professional life. Disease activity and hip destruction are the two main factors causing JIA patients to miss out on important personal and professional opportunities.

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