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Krause, J. S., Rumrill, P., Dismuke-Greer, C. E., & Jarnecke, M. (2018). Quality employment outcomes after multiple sclerosis: A comparison of participants from a specialty hospital and the National MS Society. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 48 (2), 177-186.

Quality employment outcomes after multiple sclerosis: A comparison of participants from a specialty hospital and the National MS Society

Krause, J. S., Rumrill, P., Dismuke-Greer, C. E., & Jarnecke, M.

2018

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

IOS Press

https://doi.org/10.3233/JVR-180931

https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vocational-rehabil...    |   PDF   

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Employment is of great importance to adult life and the onset of a disabling condition presents significant challenges to maintaining employment or obtaining new employment. Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) typically occurs during the most active years of employment.

To identify employment status, earnings, and job satisfaction of participants with MS and to compare these findings with that from a study of the National MS Society (NMSS).

Data were collected via mailed and web self-report assessment.

We found an overall employment rate of 44.6%. This was higher than the rate observed in the NMSS study (39.3%). Among those who were employed, the majority of participants were in the two lowest earning categories (less than $25,000?=?23.1%; $25,000–49,999?=?24.3%). Education was highly related to employment. For race/ethnicity, the highest employment rate was observed for non-Hispanic white participants (48.19%), followed by Hispanic (44.68%) and non-Hispanic blacks (35.9%).

MS is related to diminishing employment outcomes that may affect participation and quality of life.

Multiple sclerosis