abstract: '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.'
affiliation: 'Rumrill, P (Corresponding Author), Univ Kentucky, Human Dev Inst, 126
  Graham Ave, Lexington, KY 40508 USA.

  Rumrill, Phillip, Univ Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40508 USA.

  Li, Jian; Leslie, Mykal, Kent State Univ, Kent, OH 44242 USA.

  Strauser, David; Adams, Chithra, Univ Illinois, Champaign, IL 61820 USA.

  Bishop, Malachy; Chan, Fong, Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA.'
author: Rumrill, Phillip and Li, Jian and Strauser, David and Roessler, Richard T.
  and Bishop, Malachy and Chan, Fong and Adams, Chithra and Leslie, Mykal
author-email: Phillip.Rumrill@uky.edu
author_list:
- family: Rumrill
  given: Phillip
- family: Li
  given: Jian
- family: Strauser
  given: David
- family: Roessler
  given: Richard T.
- family: Bishop
  given: Malachy
- family: Chan
  given: Fong
- family: Adams
  given: Chithra
- family: Leslie
  given: Mykal
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3233/WOR-203254
eissn: 1875-9270
files: []
issn: 1051-9815
journal: WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT \& REHABILITATION
keywords: 'Employment; chronic illness; vocational rehabilitation; quality of life;

  multiple sclerosis'
keywords-plus: 'VOCATIONAL-REHABILITATION SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL-FACTORS; WORK;

  AMERICANS; IMPACT; UNEMPLOYMENT; ASSOCIATIONS; DISABILITIES; SYMPTOMS;

  BARRIERS'
language: English
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '91'
pages: 81-94
papis_id: 479154aebd7dbd6b901df6b303f692ca
ref: Rumrill2020personalhealth
times-cited: '5'
title: Personal, health and function, and career maintenance factors as determinants
  of quality of life among employed people with multiple sclerosis
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000580626800009
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '6'
volume: '67'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2020'