Workers with MS (N = 163) | General working population (N = 163) | Test statistics | |||||||||||
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% | Mean | Median | IQR | Min - max | % | Mean | Median | IQR | Min-Max | X2 | U | p | |
Gender (female) (in %) | 77.3% | 76.7% | 0.17 | 0.89 | |||||||||
Age | 42.5 | 43.0 | 15.0 | 24–64 | 42.5 | 44.0 | 16.0 | 19–67 | 13163.0 | 0.89 | |||
Educational level | 3.07 | 0.22 | |||||||||||
Low (%) | 14.1% | 14.7% | |||||||||||
Medium (%) | 41.7% | 50.3% | |||||||||||
High (%) | 44.2% | 35.0% | |||||||||||
Self-rated health (scale 1–5)a | 2.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1–5 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2–5 | 9091.0 | < 0.001* | |||
Number of work hours per week | 29.1 | 30.0 | 17.0 | 6–60 | 29.9 | 30.0 | 16.0 | 5–60 | 12520.5 | 0.37 | |||
Work ability (scale 0–10)a | 7.1 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 0–10 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 0–10 | 10590.5 | 0.006* | |||
Work Functioning Physical (scale 0–100)a | 77.4 | 90.0 | 35.6 | 0–100 | 89.9 | 100.0 | 15.0 | 25–100 | 4250.0 | 0.001* | |||
Work Functioning Flexibility (scale 0–100)a | 75.3 | 85.0 | 25.0 | 0–100 | 81.3 | 87.5 | 20.8 | 16.7–100 | 10425.0 | 0.46 |