BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes disabilities that affect people in working
age and can impair their working activity and quality of life (QoL). OBJECTIVES: To assess …

Background: To determine the burden of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) on patients' work
productivity and health related quality of life (HRQoL), and examine the influence of several …

Background. Reduced work participation has social implications (sickness absence,
economic impact) and consequences for the individual patient (impoverishment, depression …

Background: Work disability—a common outcome of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)—is a societal
(for example, financial costs) and individual problem (for example, loss of status, income …

BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis is often associated with work disability, a term used to
describe the inability to be or to remain employed. Work disability is a common implication of …

Introduction: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) physical disability can impair the Quality of Life (QoL)
and professional activity. Aim of the work: to assess the impact of RA on work productivity …

OBJECTIVE: To describe workplace limitations and the validity and reliability of the Work
Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ) in persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: A …

Background The aim of this study was to determine which combination of personal, disease-
related and environmental factors is best associated with at-work productivity loss in patients …

Purpose. Measures the impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on the productivity of employment
work, household work, and daily activities. The original version of WPS-RA was published in …

To evaluate work disability and associated factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
who participated in the TOMORROW study, a 10-year cohort study in Japan. Subjects in this …