Employment status, productivity loss, and associated factors among people with multiple sclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) affects people in their most productive years of life. Consequently, MS can substantially affect employment and work-related outcomes.

Objectives

This study characterizes productivity loss and employment status of people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) and investigates associated factors.

Methods

We used baseline data collected as part of the Canadian Prospective Cohort Study to Understand Progression in Multiple Sclerosis (CanProCo). Using the Valuation of Lost Productivity questionnaire, we measured MS-related paid work productivity loss for those employed, productivity losses incurred by those unemployed (i.e. lost employment time), and unpaid work productivity losses for all. A set of sociodemographic, disease, and performance-rel

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez Llorian E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10278386 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature