Table S5:
Challenge Predictors
| A. Predictors of respondents reporting anxiety or stress | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95% CI | |||||
| Variable | B (SE) | P value | OR | Lower | Upper |
| Demographic | |||||
| Sex: female | 1.45 (0.56) | .01* | 4.27 | 1.44 | 12.73 |
| Age | -0.04 (0.02) | .1 | 0.97 | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| Education | 0.09 (0.23) | .69 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.72 |
| Clinical | |||||
| Type of MS | 1.3 (0.69) | .06 | 3.66 | 0.94 | 14.22 |
| Years with MS | -0.01 (0.26) | .69 | 0.99 | 0.94 | 1.04 |
| Number of symptoms | 0.03 (0.07) | .72 | 1.03 | 0.89 | 1.18 |
| Employment-related | |||||
| Size of employer | 0.18 (0.21) | .41 | 1.19 | 0.79 | 1.8 |
| Organizational | |||||
| Self-employment | -1.61 (1.12) | .15 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 1.78 |
| Private | 0.96 (1.15) | .41 | 2.6 | 0.27 | 24.65 |
| Public | 2.3 (1.14) | .04* | 10 | 1.08 | 92.5 |
| Disclosure to employer (yes) | 0.53 (0.76) | .48 | 1.71 | 0.38 | 7.57 |
| B. Predictors of respondents reporting lack of adequate workspace | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95% CI | |||||
| Variable | B (SE) | P value | OR | Lower | Upper |
| Demographic | |||||
| Sex: female | 0.48 (0.68) | .49 | 1.61 | 0.42 | 6.12 |
| Age | 0.02 (0.03) | .4 | 1.02 | 0.97 | 1.08 |
| Education | 0.53 (0.35) | .12 | 1.71 | 0.87 | 3.35 |
| Clinical | |||||
| Type of MS | 0.23 (0.82) | .78 | 1.26 | 0.25 | 6.24 |
| Years with MS | -0.01 (0.03) | .71 | 0.99 | 0.92 | 1.06 |
| Number of symptoms | 0.15 (0.1) | .12 | 1.16 | 0.96 | 1.4 |
| Employment-related | |||||
| Size of employer | 0.47 (0.34) | .16 | 1.61 | 0.83 | 3.12 |
| Organizational | |||||
| Self-employment | -0.17 (1.13) | .66 | 0.84 | 0.09 | 7.68 |
| Private | -0.28 (1.2) | .82 | 0.76 | 0.07 | 7.9 |
| Public | 0.43 (1.14) | .71 | 1.54 | 0.16 | 14.49 |
| Voluntary | 0.51 (1.59) | .75 | 1.67 | 0.07 | 37.73 |
| Disclosure to employer (yes) | -19.83 (14210.36) | >.99 | 0 | 0 | - |
| C. Predictors of respondents reporting fear of going to their normal workplace | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95% CI | |||||
| Variable | B (SE) | P value | OR | Lower | Upper |
| Demographic | |||||
| Sex: female | 0.85 (0.6) | .16 | 2.34 | 0.72 | 7.6 |
| Age | 0.01 (0.02) | .73 | 1.01 | 0.97 | 1.05 |
| Education | -0.23 (0.24) | .35 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.28 |
| Clinical | |||||
| Type of MS | 0.42 (0.7) | .55 | 1.53 | 0.39 | 5.99 |
| Years with MS | -0.003 (0.03) | .93 | 1 | 0.94 | 1.05 |
| Number of symptoms | 0.03 (0.08) | .72 | 1.03 | 0.88 | 1.2 |
| Employment-related | |||||
| Size of employer | 0.34 (0.26) | .17 | 1.42 | 0.86 | 2.35 |
| Organizational | |||||
| Self-employment | -0.8 (1.12) | .88 | 0.45 | 0.05 | 4.01 |
| Private | 0.84 (1.15) | .47 | 2.31 | 0.24 | 21.97 |
| Public | 0.92 (1.14) | .42 | 2.5 | 0.27 | 23.12 |
| Disclosure to employer (yes) | 0.32 (0.85) | .71 | 1.38 | 0.26 | 7.25 |
| D. Predictors of respondents reporting loneliness | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95% CI | |||||
| Variable | B (SE) | P value | OR | Lower | Upper |
| Demographic | |||||
| Sex: female | 0.33 (0.53) | .54 | 1.39 | 0.49 | 3.95 |
| Age | -0.01 (0.02) | .59 | 0.99 | 0.95 | 1.03 |
| Education | 0.3 (0.26) | .25 | 1.34 | 0.81 | 2.22 |
| Clinical | |||||
| Type of MS | 1.13 (0.8) | .16 | 3.1 | 0.65 | 14.9 |
| Years with MS | -0.03 (0.03) | .34 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 1.03 |
| Number of symptoms | 0.03 (0.08) | .72 | 1.03 | 0.88 | 1.2 |
| Employment-related | |||||
| Size of employer | 0.3 (0.24) | .22 | 1.34 | 0.84 | 2.16 |
| Organizational | |||||
| Self-employment | -0.17 (1.13) | .66 | 0.84 | 0.09 | 7.68 |
| Private | -0.28 (1.2) | .82 | 0.76 | 0.07 | 7.9 |
| Public | 0.43 (1.14) | .71 | 1.54 | 0.16 | 14.49 |
| Disclosure to employer (yes) | -19.83 (14210.36) | >.99 | 0 | 0 | - |
| E. Predictors of respondents reporting changes in their workload | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95% CI | |||||
| Variable | B (SE) | P value | OR | Lower | Upper |
| Demographic | |||||
| Sex: female | -0.04 (0.5) | .94 | 0.96 | 0.36 | 2.57 |
| Age | -0.02 (0.02) | .48 | 0.99 | 0.95 | 1.03 |
| Education | 0.58 (0.27) | .03* | 1.78 | 1.05 | 3.03 |
| Clinical | |||||
| Type of MS | 0.19 (0.64) | .77 | 1.21 | 0.34 | 4.24 |
| Years with MS | -0.004 (0.03) | .88 | 1 | 0.94 | 1.05 |
| Number of symptoms | -0.07 (0.08) | .36 | 0.93 | 0.8 | 1.08 |
| Employment-related | |||||
| Size of employer | 0.33 (0.24) | .16 | 1.4 | 0.87 | 2.23 |
| Organizational | |||||
| Self-employment | -1.09 (1.12) | .62 | 0.34 | 0.04 | 3 |
| Private | 0.84 (1.15) | .47 | 2.31 | 0.24 | 21.97 |
| Public | 1.17 (1.13) | .35 | 3.23 | 0.35 | 29.68 |
| Voluntary | 1.61 (1.48) | .28 | 5 | 0.27 | 91.52 |
| Disclosure to employer (yes) | 1.47 (1.09) | .18 | 4.33 | 0.51 | 36.72 |
| F. Predictors of respondents reporting not being able to work due to shielding | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95% CI | |||||
| Variable | B (SE) | P value | OR | Lower | Upper |
| Demographic | |||||
| Sex: female | -0.19 (1.18) | .87 | 0.83 | 0.08 | 8.39 |
| Age | 0.04 (2.58) | .4 | 1.05 | 0.94 | 1.16 |
| Education | -1.07 (0.54) | .05* | 0.33 | 0.12 | 0.99 |
| Clinical | |||||
| Type of MS | -0.84 (1.2) | .49 | 0.43 | 0.04 | 4.52 |
| Years with MS | -0.02 (0.07) | .8 | 0.98 | 0.85 | 1.13 |
| Number of symptoms | 0.22 (0.2) | .28 | 1.24 | 0.84 | 1.84 |
| Employment-related | |||||
| Size of employer | -0.33 (0.46) | .47 | 0.72 | 0.29 | 1.76 |
MS, multiple sclerosis.
*
Indicates statistical significance.