Table 1.
Comparison of employed and fully work-disabled groups on socio-demographic characteristics
| Employed | Fully work-disabled | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Socio-demographic characteristics | |||||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 168 | 48.7 | 66 | 38.7 | 0.02 |
| Female | 177 | 51.3 | 104 | 61.3 | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 44.2 (10.2) | 52.4 (8.6) | <0.001 | ||
| Educational level | |||||
| Low | 127 | 39.0 | 115 | 71.9 | <0.001 |
| Middle | 99 | 30.4 | 32 | 20.2 | |
| High | 99 | 30.6 | 12 | 7.8 | |
| Illness characteristics | |||||
| Duration (in years) since diagnosis, mean (SD) | 8.3 (8.8) | 10.3 (11.0) | 0.02 | ||
| Presence of comorbidity (%) | 54 | 15.7 | 49 | 28.7 | 0.001 |
| Work characteristics | |||||
| Hours of work/week, mean (SD) | 35 (11) | ||||