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Table 4 Discrepancies between the importance (A), being enabled (B) and being able to achieve (C) work values in workers with MS and workers from the general population

From: The capability set for work – correlates of sustainable employability in workers with multiple sclerosis

 

Workers with MS (N = 163)

General working population (N = 163)

Capability aspects

(A-B)a

(A-C)a

(B-C)a

(A-B)a

(A-C)a

(B-C)a

 

Z

p

Z

p

Z

p

Z

p

Z

p

Z

p

i. Use of knowledge and skills in your work

−5.2

< 0.001**

− 5.6

< 0.001**

− 2.5

0.009*

− 6.2

< 0.001**

− 6.0

< 0.001**

− 0.8

0.40

ii. Development of knowledge and skills in your work

− 5.5

< 0.001**

− 7.3

< 0.001**

− 4.2

< 0.001**

−6.9

< 0.001**

− 7.1

< 0.001**

− 0.2

0.85

iii. Involvement in important decisions

−6.7

< 0.001**

− 7.3

< 0.001**

− 2.8

0.005*

− 6.7

< 0.001**

−7.1

< 0.001**

− 0.5

0.59

iv. Building and maintaining meaningful contacts at work

−5.1

< 0.001**

− 6.0

< 0.001**

−2.6

0.008*

−5.3

< 0.001**

− 5.8

< 0.001**

− 1.4

0.16

v. Setting your own goals in your work

−4.9

< 0.001**

−5.7

< 0.001**

−2.9

0.004*

−5.2

< 0.001**

−5.6

< 0.001**

−1.7

0.09

vi. Having a good income

−5.6

< 0.001**

−5.7

< 0.001**

−1.3

0.184

−7.6

< 0.001**

−7.8

< 0.001**

−1.9

0.05

vii. Contributing to something valuable in your work

−4.6

< 0.001**

−6.1

< 0.001**

− 4.5

< 0.001**

− 6.3

< 0.001**

−6.8

< 0.001**

−1.2

0.22

  1. Note: Results of the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test to test discrepancies between importance (A), being enabled (B) and being able to achieve (C) work values are presented
  2. aConflict scores
  3. **Bonferroni corrected p values ≤ 0.001 were considered significant, *p values ≤ 0.01 were considered trend significant