Perceptions of Workplace Difficulties by Persons with Multiple Sclerosis
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Odović, Gordana
Slavković, Sanela
Radić-Šestić, Marina

Golubović, Špela
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Kulić MilanIlić–Stošović Danijela
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Multiple sclerosis is a chronic progressive disease which is often diagnosed during
a professionally active part of life. The course of disease is unpredictable and there may
pass many years before a person with multiple sclerosis experiences significant disability.
In time, worsening of the symptoms makes the person change his or her job or stop
working altogether.
The aim of the study was to determine how people with multiple sclerosis perceive
difficulty of their work. The study included 108 subjects with multiple sclerosis, men and
women aged 18-65 years, and was conducted in September and October 2013 in Novi Sad,
in a multiple sclerosis association. The Multiple Sclerosis Work Difficulties Questionnaire
– MSWDQ (Honan et al., 2011) was used with the author’s permission. The questionnaire
consists of 12 subscales with items describing problems which people with MS may face
at work (cognitive difficulties, mobility problems, fatigue, pain etc.). Statistical analysis
was... performed using the SPSS software; descriptive statistical methods (arithmetic
mean, median, range, standard deviation) and Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk
tests were used.
The results showed statistical significance (p<0,05) for all the subscales, except
Worry about Financial Security. Cognitive and mobility problems were perceived as the
main difficulties in performing work tasks.
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multiple sclerosis / work ability / workplace / employmentSource:
Thematic Collection of International Importance- „Education and Rehabilitation of Adult Persons with Disabilities “, Foča, Bosna I Hercegovina, 2014., 2014, 339-352Publisher:
- University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Medicine; University of Belgrade – Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation
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Odović, G., Slavković, S., Radić-Šestić, M.,& Golubović, Š.. (2014). Perceptions of Workplace Difficulties by Persons with Multiple Sclerosis. in Thematic Collection of International Importance- „Education and Rehabilitation of Adult Persons with Disabilities “, Foča, Bosna I Hercegovina, 2014. University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Medicine; University of Belgrade – Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation., 339-352. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rfasper_2314
Odović G, Slavković S, Radić-Šestić M, Golubović Š. Perceptions of Workplace Difficulties by Persons with Multiple Sclerosis. in Thematic Collection of International Importance- „Education and Rehabilitation of Adult Persons with Disabilities “, Foča, Bosna I Hercegovina, 2014.. 2014;:339-352. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rfasper_2314 .
Odović, Gordana, Slavković, Sanela, Radić-Šestić, Marina, Golubović, Špela, "Perceptions of Workplace Difficulties by Persons with Multiple Sclerosis" in Thematic Collection of International Importance- „Education and Rehabilitation of Adult Persons with Disabilities “, Foča, Bosna I Hercegovina, 2014. (2014):339-352, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rfasper_2314 .