Health-related factors for work participation in persons with spinal cord injury in Finland
Eskola, Kaarina; Koskinen, Eerika; Anttila, Heidi; Tallqvist, Susanna; Bergman, Paula; Kallinen, Mauri; Hämäläinen, Harri; Kauppila, Anna-Maija; Täckman, Anni; Vainionpää, Aki; Arokoski, Jari; Rajavaara, Marketta; Hiekkala, Sinikka (2022-02-03)
Eskola, K.; Koskinen, E.; Anttila, H.; Tallqvist, S.; Bergman, P.; Kallinen, M.; Hämäläinen, H.; Kauppila, A.-M.; Täckman, A.; Vainionpää, A.; Arokoski, J.; Rajavaara, M. & Hiekkala, S. (2022). Health-related factors for work participation in persons with spinal cord injury in Finland. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 54, jrm00255. https://doi.org/10.2340/jrm.v53.59
Copyright © 2022 Kaarina Eskola, Eerika Koskinen, Heidi Anttila, Susanna Tallqvist, Paula Bergman, Mauri Kallinen, Harri Hämäläinen, Anna-Maija Kauppila, Anni Täckman, Aki Vainionpää, Jari Arokoski, Marketta Rajavaara, Sinikka Hiekkala. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. All digitalized JRM contents is available freely online. The Foundation for Rehabilitation Medicine owns the copyright for all material published until volume 40 (2008), as from volume 41 (2009) authors retain copyright to their work and as from volume 49 (2017) the journal has been published Open Access, under CC-BY-NC licences (unless otherwise specified). The CC-BY-NC licenses allow third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for non-commercial purposes, provided proper attribution to the original work.
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Abstract
Objective: To explore work participation and the health-related factors affecting work participation among the Finnish Spinal Cord injury (FinSCI) study population (n = 884).
Methods: A cross-sectional explorative observational study in the FinSCI community survey applying Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) forms on Social Health and Global Health. Analyses of socio-demographic and injury-related data were performed.
Results: Employment among the study population (n = 452) was 26.5%. Physical, Mental, Social and General Health were better in the employed group compared with work-age persons not working. Logistic regression showed that work participation was related to all health domains, but Physical Health and Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities in Social Health were the strongest indicators of likelihood of being at work. Paraplegia and young age were associated with increased likelihood of work participation.
Conclusion: The first national survey among people with spinal cord injury in Finland shows low level of employment. The results suggest that pain, physical function, and ability to participate in social roles should be monitored by health and vocational professionals when assessing a person’s likelihood of being in work.
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