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This analysis focuses on employment status: pre-covid, prior to infection, and current, and was recorded as full-time, part-time, or not working due to illness or for other reasons. Change in employment status was categorized as no decrease or decreased.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 2764 respondents, 15.6% (95% CI: 13.3\u201317.9) with Long Covid (versus 5.4% (95% CI: 4.2\u20136.5) who recovered) experienced a decrease in employment (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Clinical factors associated with a decrease in employment include having been hospitalized for Covid-19, having \u22651 comorbid condition prior to infection, &gt;12 months since infection, moderate to severe decline in physical and psychological health, and decline in global health. Demographic factors and occupational skill level were not associated with a change in employment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Persons with Long Covid are more likely to experience a decrease in employment. Research is needed to determine whether rehabilitation for people with Long Covid could improve employment levels.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/10519815241300409","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,11]],"date-time":"2025-02-11T06:51:46Z","timestamp":1739256706000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Factors associated with changes in employment in individuals with long COVID"],"prefix":"10.1177","author":[{"given":"Farah","family":"Jaber","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"McGill University, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Montreal (Quebec), Canada"},{"name":"Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke, Facult\u00e9 de m\u00e9decine et des sciences de lasant\u00e9, Sherbrooke (Quebec), Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marie-An","family":"Hoang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"McGill University, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Montreal (Quebec), Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Debbie Ehrmann","family":"Feldman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, \u00c9cole de r\u00e9adaptation, Montreal (Quebec), Canada"},{"name":"Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, \u00c9cole de sant\u00e9 publique, Montreal (Quebec), Canada"},{"name":"Centre for interdisciplinary research in rehabilitation of GreaterMontreal (CRIR), Montreal (Quebec), Canada"},{"name":"Centre de recherche en Sant\u00e9 Publique (CReSP), Montreal (Quebec), Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sara","family":"Saunders","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"McGill University, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Montreal (Quebec), Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Barbara","family":"Mazer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"McGill University, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Montreal (Quebec), Canada"},{"name":"Centre for interdisciplinary research in rehabilitation of GreaterMontreal (CRIR), Montreal (Quebec), Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-10519815241300409","unstructured":"World Health Organization. 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