A Life Course Perspective to Spinal Cord Injury and Employment Participation in Canada.
Background: Few studies have examined life course differences in the employment of Canadians with spinal cord injury (SCI). Objective: To compare employment participation of young/middle-aged and older adults with SCI and to examine the association between employment and demographic and health facto...
| Publicado en: | Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 310 - 321 |
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KnowledgeWorks Global, Ltd
Fall2014
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=99079616&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 99079616 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10820744 0OF jtl: Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation issn: 10820744 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Fall2014 vid: 20 iid: 4 pid: 81084 pub: KnowledgeWorks Global, Ltd place: Richmond, Virginia artinfo: ui: 99079616 103908662 103908662 10.1310/sci2004-310 99079616 ppf: 310 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: A Life Course Perspective to Spinal Cord Injury and Employment Participation in Canada. aug: au: Jetha, Arif Dumont, Frédéric S. Noreau, Luc Leblond, Jean affil: Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, Massachusetts sug: subj: Spinal Cord Injuries Employment of Persons with Disabilities Psychosocial Factors Life Course Perspective Human Funding Source Canada Adult Middle Age Young Adult Adolescence Social Participation Employment Status Multiple Logistic Regression Marital Status Male Female T-Tests Data Analysis Software Descriptive Statistics Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Male Female ab: Background: Few studies have examined life course differences in the employment of Canadians with spinal cord injury (SCI). Objective: To compare employment participation of young/middle-aged and older adults with SCI and to examine the association between employment and demographic and health factors, SCI-related needs, and social role participation at the 2 life phases. Methods: A sample of young/middle-aged (18-54 years; n = 959) and older adults (55-64 years; n = 364) with SCI was recruited as part of a larger Canadian community survey. Pre- and postinjury employment were compared. Demographic and health factors, number of unmet SCI needs, and social role participation were collected and compared by life phase and employment status. Two multivariable logistic regression models were conducted and compared for young/middle-aged and older adults. Results: Close to one-third of participants with SCI were working post injury (32%), a decline from the 62% of respondents working prior to their injury. Participants were more likely to work in less physically demanding job sectors including business/administration or health/science/teaching. An examination of life phase differences showed that young/middle-aged adults were more likely to be employed post injury (36%) when compared to older respondents (12% employed) who were more likely to report being retired (43%). Multivariable analyses revealed that for young/middle-aged adults, being married, attaining a postsecondary education, and having fewer unmet SCI needs were related to employment. Among older adults, having a traumatic injury was related to involvement in paid work. For both young/middle-aged and older adults, participating in more social roles was related to working. Conclusion: A life course perspective is important to understanding similarities and differences between young/middle-aged and older adults with SCI in their employment participation. Tailored programs and policies should be designed to promote labor force involvement at different phases of the working life course. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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