Research Article
The Perceived Social Stigma of People with Epilepsy with regard to the Question of Employability
Table 1
Distributions of the comparative data between groups.
| | | PWE | PWH | value |
| | Sex | | | | | Male | 18 (36%) | 24 (48%) | 0.224 | | Female | 32 (64%) | 26 (52%) | | Age | 41,8 (18–65) | 57,9 (40–65) | <0.0001 | | Skin color | | | | | White | 24 (48%) | 37 (74%) | 0.019 | | Black | 3 (6%) | 3 (6%) | | Brown | 23 (46%) | 10 (20%) | | Schooling | | | | | Basic | 4 (8%) | 1 (2%) | 0.267 | | Incomplete middle school | 14 (28%) | 16 (32%) | | Complete middle school | 09 (18%) | 7 (14%) | | Incomplete high school | 1 (02%) | 1 (02%) | | Complete high school | 20 (40%) | 17 (34%) | | Complete higher education | 0 | 5 (10%) | | Incomplete higher education | 2 (4%) | 3 (6%) | | Employment status | | | | | Employed | 9 (18%) | 11 (22%) | 0.617 | | Retired | 8 (16%) | 32 (64%) | <0.0001 | | Sick leave | 3 (6%) | 0 | 0.079 | | Fired due to disease | 16 (32%) | 3 (6%) | 0.001 | | Unemployed | 29 (58%) | 4 (8%) | <0.0001 | | Not hired due to illness | 22 (44%) | 2 (4%) | <0.0001 | | No disclosure of disease to employer | 23 (46%) | 30 (60%) | 0.161 | | No disclosure of disease to colleagues | 19 (38%) | 9 (18%) | 0.026 | | Feel ashamed to have the disease | 8 (16%) | 1 (2%) | 0.014 | | Comorbidities | 15 (30%) | 16 (32%) | 0.829 | | Depressive disorder | 10 (20%) | 1 (2%) | 0.004 |
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“Chi 2” – value < 0,05; PWE: patient with epilepsy; PWH: patient with heart disease. |
