Profession and work situation. Quantitative data are presented as mean (SD) or median (IQR).
| Question | n = 80 |
|---|---|
| 1) Time since first paid job*, yrs | 17 (9–23) |
| 2) Change job because of illness, yes (%) | 11 (13.9) |
| 3) Were there some adaptations of your job because of your illness? Yes, n (%) | 21 (26.6) |
| 4) Manual profession, yes (%) | 46 (59.0) |
| 5) How many hours per week are you working? | 38 (35–40) |
| 6) How many days per week are you working? | 5 (5–6) |
| 7) What is your highest diploma? n (%) | |
| Primary school | 1 (1.3) |
| Lower professional school | 13 (16.5) |
| Secondary school | 23 (29.1) |
| Higher education school | 32 (40.5) |
| University degree | 9 (11.4) |
| Postgraduate education | 1 (1.3) |
| 8) Can you organize your work yourself? Yes, n (%) | |
| Never | 21 (26.6) |
| Sometimes | 28 (35.4) |
| Often | 16 (20.3) |
| Always | 14 (17.7) |
| 9) Can you postpone the execution of your work? Yes, n (%) | |
| Never | 47 (60.3) |
| Sometimes | 29 (37.2) |
| Often | 2 (2.6) |
| Always | 0 (0.0) |
| 10) Is it possible for you to develop your skills in your job? Yes, n (%) | |
| Never | 13 (16.9) |
| Sometimes | 30 (39.0) |
| Often | 23 (29.9) |
| Always | 11 (14.3) |
| 11) Among your colleagues, how many are doing the same job (or comparable) as yours? | 5 (2–12) |
| 12) Give an estimation of the quality of the contacts with your colleagues in your actual position. | |
| (0 = very bad to 10 = very good) | 8 (7–9) |
| 13) Does your employer know about your illness? n (%) | |
| No | 25 (33.3) |
| Yes he/she does take it into account | 33 (44.0) |
| Yes he/she does not take it into account | 17 (22.7) |
| 14) Are you working with an irregular schedule or with pauses? | |
| Yes, n (%) | 26 (32.9) |
| 15) Do you manage staff? Yes, n (%) | 20 (25.3) |
| 16)How many workers are there in your enterprise? Yes, | n (%) |
| < 50 | 36 (45.6) |
| 50–200 | 10 (12.7) |
| > 200 | 33 (41.8) |
| 17) Which kind of work are you doing? Yes, n (%) | |
| Worker | 30 (38.0) |
| Employee | 31 (39.2) |
| State employee | 6 (7.6) |
| Independent | 11 (13.9) |
| State employee + independent | 1 (1.3) |
| 18) Do you need to travel by car for your job (taking into account the travel home–work)? Yes, n (%) | 49 (62.0) |
| 19) During the last 3 months, did you have 1 or more absences at work? | |
| Yes, n (%) | 35 (44.3) |
| No. days | 10 (8–25) |
| 20) In terms of quality of life, what importance is given to your job? | |
| (0 = not very important to 10 = very important). | 8 (7–9) |
↵* For Question 1, patients were asked the year of their first job and this was used to calculate the time since first paid job. IQR: interquartile range.