Comorbidities are prevalent and detrimental for employment outcomes in people of working age with multiple sclerosis.
Jing ChenBruce TaylorTania WinzenbergAndrew J PalmerAndrea Kirk-BrownPieter van DijkSteve Simpson YapLeigh BlizzardIngrid van der MeiPublished in: Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) (2019)
Comorbidities substantially impact employment outcomes and these effects were mainly mediated through MS symptom severity. This suggests that optimal and simultaneous management of comorbidities may be a viable strategy to reduce MS symptom severity, which in turn could improve employment outcomes.