Table 5.
Associations between work capabilities, work and health-related outcomes
| Workers with MS (N = 163) | General working population (N = 163) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capability set | Overall capability item | Capability set | Overall capability item | |
| Age | −0.03 | − 0.17 | − 0.04 | − 0.07 |
| Work hours | 0.19 | 0.29* | 0.21 | 0.16 |
| Work ability | 0.25* | 0.43* | 0.28* | 0.39* |
| Work Functioning-Physical | 0.19 | 0.39* | 0.22 | 0.19 |
| Work Functioning-Flexibility | 0.30* | 0.27* | 0.11 | 0.25 |
| Absenteeism | −0.26* | −0.29* | 0.02 | −0.02 |
| Presenteeism | −0.31* | −0.42* | n.a. | n.a. |
| Self-rated health | 0.25* | 0.39* | 0.01 | 0.21 |
| Disease duration | 0.12 | 0.02 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Disability level | −0.05 | −0.13 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Cognitive and neuro-psychiatric functioning | −0.35* | −0.44* | n.a. | n.a. |
| Information processing speed | 0.05 | 0.09 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Depression | −0.43* | −0.39* | n.a. | n.a. |
| Anxiety | −0.31* | −0.38* | n.a. | n.a. |
| Fatigue impact | −0.34* | −0.44* | n.a. | n.a. |
Note: Spearman’s rho coefficients are reported. Not all health measures were available for the general working population (n.a data not available)
*Bonferroni corrected p values ≤ 0.001 were considered significant