Employment and social support among the non-participants when compared with the study participants.

Abbreviations: 95%CI 95% confidence interval; M Median; NA Not applicable; PwME/CFS People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Q1–Q3 Quartile 1 to quartile 3. Bolded values indicate that at least one post-hoc test returned significance (p a Analysed with the Chi-square test. b Participants employed at T0 and T1 but unemployed at T2. c Among those unemployed at T0 (among the participants lost to follow-up) or at screening (among the ineligible respondents). d Analysed with the Fisher-Freeman-Halton test. e Among those employed at T0 (among the participants lost to follow-up) or at screening (among the ineligible respondents). f Omnibus Fisher-Freeman-Halton test was significant (p g Analysed with independent samples one-way ANOVA test. Data missing for employed participants who were unsure or did not provide a response (participants lost to follow-up n = 1/8, 12.5%; ineligible respondents n = 1/10, 10.0%). h Refers to social support being received at the time of completing the questionnaire. Social support was defined as any informal care (ranging from help with housework, cooking or shopping to full-time assistance with activities of daily living [such as eating or showering]) received from family or friends. i Hours of domestic work refers to the maximum number of hours per week spent completing domestic work (such as household chores and cleaning, yard maintenance and cooking) reported at T0 (among the participants lost to follow-up) or at screening (among the ineligible respondents). j Analysed with the Kruskal-Wallis H test. Data missing for participants who were unsure or did not provide a response (participants lost to follow-up n = 6/19, 31.6%; ineligible respondents n = 4/18, 22.2%). * PwME/CFS (XLSX)