These results are from the 217 surveyed:

Employment and Life-Style Changes since Onset of Fibromyalgia
 

Total

 

Men

 

Women

 
 

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Good Health

77%

36%

76%

53%

78%

35%

Exercise

59%

34%

82%

41%

57%

33%

Employed

89%

24%

100%

53%

89%

21%

Household Duties

88%

8%

94%

24%

87%

7%

Blue-Collar

9%

2%

6%

6%

9%

2%

White-Collar

39%

22%

29%

35%

40%

21%

Mid-Mgmt

20%

5%

18%

6%

21%

5%

Upper Mgmt

10%

4%

12%

12%

10%

4%

Professional

37%

18%

47%

29%

36%

17%

Student

14%

7%

18%

6%

14%

7%

Working from home

8%

17%

6%

18%

8%

17%

Retirements

2%

28%

6%

24%

2%

28%

Sea Critters

These are the careers as cited by the original 25 survey testers:

Business

32%

Education

16%

Medicine

12%

Computer

8%

Library Science

4%

Arts

4%


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