TY - JOUR
T1 - Work performance by persons with multiple sclerosis
T2 - conditions that impede or enable the performance of work
AU - Gulick, Elsie E.
AU - Yam, Marylou
AU - Touw, Margaret M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements-This research was supported by Grant Number 9910 from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Research and Development Program to Improve Patient Functional Status. Special thanks are expressed to Ms. Sally Hennessey (Consultant Patient Services Department) and Ms. Michele Tate (Patient Services Coordinator, Mid-Jersey Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society) for their roles as raters in establishing inter-rater agreement.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/0020-7489(89)90017-5
DO - 10.1016/0020-7489(89)90017-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 2613450
AN - SCOPUS:0024779991
SN - 0020-7489
VL - 26
SP - 301
EP - 311
JO - International Journal of Nursing Studies
JF - International Journal of Nursing Studies
IS - 4
ER -