Table 4. Adjusted Absence Days During 1-Year Follow-up for Employee Care Partners by Disease Severity Category of Spouse/Partner With Multiple Sclerosis.
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Absence Days by Type |
Severe (1) | Moderate (2) | Mild (3) | Comparison | |||||||||||
| n | Adjusted Mean Days | SE | n | Adjusted Mean Days | SE | n | Adjusted Mean Days | SE | Δ 1-3 | P Value (1-3) | Δ 2-3 | P Value (2-3) | Δ 1-2 | P Value (1-2) | |
| Care partner (employee), study period — Days | |||||||||||||||
| Absence days (sick leave) | 59 | 2.88 | 0.61 | 160 | 1.21 | .19 | 107 | 2.18 | 0.35 | 0.70 | .3139 | −0.97 | .0134 | 1.68 | .0083 |
| Short-term disability days | 136 | 3.03 | 1.03 | 327 | 1.81 | 0.38 | 216 | 2.99 | 0.98 | 0.04 | .9761 | −1.18 | .2646 | 1.22 | .2678 |
| Long-term disability days | 94 | 0.91 | 1.45 | 281 | 0.21 | 0.28 | 178 | 1.05 | 1.20 | −0.14 | .9388 | −0.84 | .4968 | 0.69 | .6377 |
| Workers’ compensation days | 150 | 1.01 | 1.21 | 388 | 1.13 | 0.54 | 271 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.91 | .4522 | 1.02 | .0578 | −0.11 | .9311 |
| Care partner (employee), study period — Likelihood of having absence days | |||||||||||||||
| Likelihood of absence (sick leave) days | 59 | 33.4% | 6.1% | 160 | 22.9% | 3.3% | 107 | 32.7% | 4.5% | 0.7% | .9250 | −9.8% | .0817 | 10.5% | .1324 |
| Likelihood of short-term disability days | 136 | 6.2% | 2.1% | 327 | 6.7% | 1.4% | 216 | 4.2% | 1.4% | 2.0% | .4251 | 2.5% | .2011 | −0.5% | .8377 |
| Likelihood of long-term disability days | 94 | 0.4% | 0.7% | 281 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 178 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.0% | .9885 | −0.2% | .6936 | 0.2% | .7712 |
| Likelihood of workers’ compensation days | 150 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 388 | 1.1% | 0.5% | 271 | 1.1% | 0.6% | −0.6% | .4447 | 0.0% | .9886 | −0.7% | .3938 |
| Care partner (employee), study period — Days (given days >0) | |||||||||||||||
| Absence (sick leave) days | 25 | 8.63 | 1.36 | 54 | 5.27 | 0.56 | 44 | 6.67 | 0.79 | 1.96 | .2126 | −1.40 | .1486 | 3.36 | .0222 |
| Short-term disability days | 12 | 49.14 | 10.62 | 29 | 27.14 | 3.77 | 13 | 71.22 | 14.78 | −22.07 | .2252 | −44.08 | .0039 | 22.01 | .0508 |
| Long-term disability days | 1 | 217.92 | 33.09 | 2 | 102.80 | 11.04 | 2 | 245.60 | 26.37 | −27.68 | .5130 | −142.80 | <.0001 | 115.12 | .0010 |
| Workers’ compensation days | 1 | 217.60 | 4.98 | 6 | 100.29 | 0.94 | 4 | 9.18 | 0.10 | 208.42 | <.0001 | 91.11 | <.0001 | 117.31 | <.0001 |
Abbreviations: Δ, difference between cohorts (means or percentages); MS, multiple sclerosis; SE, standard error.
Days were calculated using 2-stage (logistic-GLM) regression modeling by controlling for age, tenure, race, exempt status, full-time/part-time status, salary, location, Charlson Comorbidity Index Score (of the person being modeled), and other measures.