Characteristic | Patients with SLE (at diagnosis) | Patients with SLE (current status) | Controls (current status) | p Value* |
---|---|---|---|---|
Employment status | (N=344) | (N=344) | (N=321) | |
Employed full time | 49% | 24% | 50% | 0.01 |
Student | 25% | 9% | 10% | NS |
Employed part time | 16% | 10% | 12% | NS |
Self-employed | 3% | 5% | 7% | NS |
Not employed, but seeking work | 3% | 6% | 8% | NS |
Homemaker | 6% | 9% | 10% | NS |
Not employed and not seeking work | 9% | 31% | 4% | 0.01 |
Retired | 1% | 6% | 10% | NS |
Other | 4% | 18% | 3% | 0.01 |
Receiving SS benefits | 41% | 4% | <0.01 | |
If unemployed, how long? (year) | 7.2 (SD 6.5) | 2.2 (SD 2.2) | <0.01 | |
Unemployed due to health problems | 88% | 15% | <0.01 | |
Hours worked in last week (mean) | 33.3 (SD 16.7) | 39.1(SD 13.6) | <0.01 | |
Sick days/months (mean) | 2.3 (SD 4.9) | 0.4 (SD 1.1) | <0.01 | |
# Days not able to do full day of housework last month due to health issues | 7.4 (SD 7.9) | 1.8 (SD 4.9) | <0.01 | |
Absentee time (difference between hours worked and hours expected to work in last 7 days) | 2.7 h | −4.7 h | NS | |
Presenteeism (100%=ideal performance, in last 4 weeks) | 77% | 84.6% | <0.01 |
NS=p>0.05.
*p Value from χ2 test for categorical variables and Student's t test for continuous variable.
SLE, systemic lupus erythematous.