title: Work performance by persons with multiple sclerosis: conditions that impede or enable the performance of work.
abstract: This study queried 508 persons diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) regarding what conditions made performing their work or tasks 'difficult' and 'easier'. The subjects represented four groups: employed outside the home, homemakers, unemployed, and retired. Their written responses were content analysed. Conditions reported to impede the performance of work and tasks were related to three categories: physical restrictions, person-environment interaction, and MS-related symptoms. Conditions reported to enhance the performance of work and tasks were related to five categories: assistive devices, human support, personal attributes, health promotion behaviors, and person-environment adjustment. Study findings provide useful information for families, health service providers and employers of persons with MS in assisting them enhance their ability to perform work or tasks.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Newark 07102.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Gulick
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yam
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Touw
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011897:Random Allocation; D012944:Social Support; D014937:Work