PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was 2-fold: (a) to evaluate whether perception of work ability is associated with employment status in a sample of combat-exposed veterans, and (b) to determine whether the same sets of variables that are associated with employment status are also associated with perception of work ability. Research Method/Design: In this cross-sectional study, veterans (N = 83) underwent a neuropsychological assessment and completed questionnaires assessing demographic characteristics, combat-related experiences, and psychiatric and neurobehavioral/health-related symptoms. Primary outcomes of interest were employment status (unemployed vs. employed) and veterans' perception of whether their ability to work has declined due to an ongoing condition (yes vs. no). RESULTS A chi-square analysis revealed a significant relationship between perception of work ability and employment status. Additionally, psychiatric and neurobehavioral/health-related symptoms were associated with employment status and perception of work ability, whereas demographic characteristics (i.e., service-connected disability rating) and combat-related experiences (i.e., mTBI history) were only associated with perception of work ability. Objective cognitive functioning was not associated with employment status or perception of work ability. CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS Although preliminary, results suggest that perception of work ability is an important factor to consider when evaluating employment-related outcomes in veterans. Moreover, results indicate that while there is some overlap among the variables associated with employment status and perception of work ability, additional variables are linked with perception of work ability. Taken together, these findings suggest that perception of one's ability to work and factors that influence it may be particularly important treatment targets in the veteran population. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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与暴露在战斗中的退伍军人的就业和工作观念相关的因素。

目的/目的 本研究的目的有两个：(a) 评估对工作能力的看法是否与暴露在战斗中的退伍军人样本中的就业状况相关，以及 (b) 确定是否存在相同的变量集与就业状况相关，也与工作能力感知相关。研究方法/设计：在这项横断面研究中，退伍军人（N = 83）接受了神经心理学评估并完成了评估人口学特征、战斗相关经历以及精神和神经行为/健康相关症状的问卷。感兴趣的主要结果是就业状况（失业与就业）以及退伍军人对其工作能力是否因持续状况而下降的看法（是与否）。结果 卡方分析显示工作能力感知与就业状况之间存在显着关系。此外，精神和神经行为/健康相关症状与就业状况和工作能力感知相关，而人口特征（即与服务相关的残疾等级）和与战斗相关的经历（即 mTBI 历史）仅与对工作能力的感知相关工作能力。客观认知功能与就业状况或工作能力感知无关。结论/影响 尽管是初步的，但结果表明，在评估退伍军人就业相关结果时，对工作能力的看法是需要考虑的重要因素。而且，结果表明，虽然与就业状况和工作能力感知相关的变量之间存在一些重叠，但其他变量与工作能力感知相关。总之，这些发现表明，对一个人的工作能力的看法和影响它的因素可能是退伍军人群体中特别重要的治疗目标。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。