From: Employment status and changes in working career in relation to asthma: a cross-sectional survey
Full-time workers n = 951 – 954 | Unemployed n = 176 | Work disability n = 246 – 256 | Retired n = 139 | p-value 1 vs.2 | p-value 1 vs. 3 | p-value 1 vs. 4 | |||
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Change of tasks within the same employer after asthma diagnosis | No Yes | 755 (79.4) 196 (20.6) | 141 (80.1) 35 (19.9) | 198 (77.3) 58 (22.7) | 110 (79.1) 29 (20.9) | 0.827 | 0.476 | 0.945 | |
If yes, was asthma the reason for changing tasks? | Mainly | 43 (22.3) | 13 (39.4) | 19 (33.9) | 12 (44.4) | <.001 | 0.001 | 0.008 | |
Partly | 41 (21.2) | 14 (42.4) | 21 (37.5) | 8 (29.6) | |||||
No | 109 (56.5) | 6 (18.2) | 16 (28.6) | 7 (25.9) | |||||
If yes, how did change of tasks affect asthma symptoms? | Aggravated | 7 (3.9) | 3 (9.4) | 8 (16.0) | 1 (4.2) | 0.073 | 0.001 | 0.211 | |
No change | 86 (48.0) | 9 (28.1) | 13 (26.0) | 7 (29.2) | |||||
Relieved | 86 (48.0) | 20 (62.5) | 29 (58.0) | 16 (66.7) | |||||
Change of work place after asthma diagnosis | No Yes | 373 (60.1) 381 (39.9) | 107 (60.1) 71 (39.9) | 202 (80.2) 50 (19.8) | 119 (85.6) 20 (14.4) | 0.991 | <.001 | <.001 | |
If yes, was asthma the reason for changing work place? | Mainly Partly No | 52 (13.8) 42 (11.1) 283 (75.1) | 18 (26.9) 11 (16.4) 38 (56.7) | 17 (35.4) 6 (12.5) 25 (52.1) | 5 (27.8) 2 (11.1) 11 (61.1) | 0.006 | <.001 | 0.249 | |
If yes, how did change of work place affect asthma symptoms? | Aggravated | 8 (2.4) | 2 (3.4) | 3 (7.0) | 1 (5.9) | 0.052 | 0.058 | 0.361 | |
No change | 206 (62.6) | 27 (45.8) | 20 (46.5) | 8 (47.1) | |||||
Relieved | 115 (35.0) | 30 (50.8) | 20 (46.5) | 8 (47.1) | |||||
Change of occupation after asthma diagnosis | No Yes | 708 (74.2) 246 (25.8) | 122 (70.5) 51 (29.5) | 202 (81.1) 47 (18.9) | 122 (89.1) 15 (10.9) | 0.310 | 0.024 | <.001 | |
If yes, was asthma the reason for changing occupation? | Mainly | 61 (23.3) | 20 (35.7) | 22 (41.5) | 10 (45.5) | 0.086 | 0.020 | 0.069 | |
Partly | 54 (20.6) | 13 (23.2) | 10 (18.9) | 3 (13.6) | |||||
No | 147 (56.1) | 23 (41.1) | 21 (39.6) | 9 (40.9) | |||||
If yes, how did change of occupation affect asthma symptoms? | Aggravated | 6 (2.7) | 2 (4.4) | 4 (9.5) | 1 (6.7) | 0.781 | 0.015 | 0.004 | |
No change | 100 (45.7) | 20 (44.4) | 11 (26.2) | 1 (6.7) | |||||
Relieved | 113 (51.6) | 23 (51.1) | 27 (64.3) | 13 (86.7) |