RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Higher Levels of Education Are Associated With Full-Time Work in Adults With Cystic Fibrosis
JF Respiratory Care
FD American Association for Respiratory Care
SP respcare.06607
DO 10.4187/respcare.06607
A1 Ryan Lian
A1 Vinicius Cavalheri
A1 Jamie Wood
A1 Sue Jenkins
A1 Leon M Straker
A1 Kylie Hill
YR 2019
UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/early/2019/03/19/respcare.06607.abstract
AB BACKGROUND: This study sought to explore factors in adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) that predicted whether (i) someone was engaged in full-time paid work, and (ii) those engaged in paid work reported problems with absenteeism and/or presenteeism.METHODS: Adults with cystic fibrosis who live in Western Australia completed absenteeism and presenteeism questions from the World Health Organization's Health Performance Questionnaire. The participants were grouped by work status (full time vs part time or unemployed) and by self-reported absenteeism and presenteeism (evidence of vs no evidence of). We explored whether factors such as air-flow obstruction, level of education, health-related quality of life (measured by using the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire–Revised), and treatment adherence predicted group membership.RESULTS: Of the 50 participants for whom data were available (median [interquartile range] age 30 [25–36] y; mean ± SD FEV1% predicted, 60 ± 18%); 34 (68%) worked full time. A higher education level increased the odds of working full time (odds ratio 1.74, 95% CI 1.36–1.89). Among the employed participants, problems with absenteeism and presenteeism were reported by 20 (47%) and 7 (16%), respectively. Both those who reported problems with absenteeism or presenteeism were characterized only by lower scores on the role domain of the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire–Revised (P = .02).CONCLUSIONS: In this study, the majority of adults with cystic fibrosis worked full time and a low percentage of the sample reported problems with absenteeism and presenteeism.