Person-environment contextual factors as mediators for the relationship between symptom cluster and employment outcome in multiple sclerosis

Spatial and temporal distribution of the prevalence of unemployment and early retirement in people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review with meta-analysis

“…The possibility to control the disease and slow down its progression naturally affects the working capacity of the patient with MS [ 180 ]. Consistent with these results, we also found that the association was particularly significant in populations with a high mean EDSS and longer disease duration, important risk factors that are well known to be associated with worse occupational outcomes and that are thought to be extremely influenced by the clinical efficacy of the new MS drugs [ 13 , 118 , 151 ]. The decrease in the prevalence of unemployment was also particularly important among young workers, possibly due to their greater capacity to readjust and engage in new forms of work [ 174 ].…”

“…The studies that described the early retirement prevalence were performed in 25 countries: The United States of America (19, 28.3%) [ 14 , 31 , 36 , 37 , 129 – 132 , 136 , 140 , 143 – 146 , 150 , 151 , 160 , 167 , 168 ] Germany (five, 7.5%) [ 97 , 99 , 100 , 102 , 103 ] United Kingdom (five, 7.5%) [ 29 , 32 , 120 , 122 , 123 ], Denmark (four, 6.0%) [ 73 – 76 ], Australia (three, 4.5%) [ 108 , 109 , 175 ], Belgium (three, 4.5%) [ 35 , 79 , 80 ], Holland (three, 4.5%) [ 61 , 63 , 176 ], Italy (three, 4.5%) [ 111 – 113 ], Ireland (two, 3.0%) [ 47 , 48 ], Spain (two, 3.0%) [ 8 , 28 ], Sweden (two, 3.0%) [ 90 , 91 ], Switzerland (two, 3.0%) [ 66 , 67 ], Argentina (one, 1.5%) [ 46 ], Austria (one, 1.5%) [ 39 ], Brazil (one, 1.5%) [ 55 ], the Czech Republic (one, 1.5%) [ 40 ], France (one, 1.5%) [ 85 ], Greece (one, 1.5%...…”

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) as a community participation model for people with multiple sclerosis: A hierarchical regression analysis

“…In the present study, CSE was associated with increased community participation. This finding is consistent with previous rehabilitation psychology and rehabilitation counseling studies that demonstrated the positive benefits of CSE for people with MS and other disabilities (Iwanaga et al, 2018;Lee et al, 2020;Smedema, 2014;Smedema et al, 2014). We also found a significant relationship between social skills and community participation.…”

“…Scherer and colleagues (2005) conceptualize participation as the involvement of individuals in life situations and roles, such as parenting, interpersonal relationships, academic pursuits, employment, recreation, worship, political expression, and volunteering. The interaction between impairment-disability factors and person-environment contextual factors significantly influences the levels of community participation (Iwanaga et al, 2018;Lee et al, 2018;Wu et al, 2019). This study evaluated the ICF framework as a community participation model for people with MS.…”

“…As discussed by Judge (2009) and Smedema, evidence from industrial and organizational psychology, in addition to rehabilitation psychology, indicates that CSE has greater predictive value than the four individual traits alone on a number of important rehabilitation outcomes. Studies have found that CSE is positively related to job satisfaction, workplace motivation, and overall life satisfaction (C.-H. Chang et al, 2012;Iwanaga et al, 2018;Smedema et al, 2014).…”