Working status among Dutch patients with rheumatoid arthritis: work disability and working conditions

SMM Verstappen, A Boonen, JWJ Bijlsma… - …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. To assess work disability and variables associated with work disability among
Dutch patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. A questionnaire on working status …

Education, employment, absenteeism, and work disability in women with systemic lupus erythematosus

S Ekblom-Kullberg, H Kautiainen, P Alha… - Scandinavian journal …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: To study education, employment, absenteeism, and work disability (WD) in
women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) compared to population controls. Method …

Work limitations and associated factors in rheumatoid arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis, osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia

T Brown, A Hammond, A Ching… - Musculoskeletal Care, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) impact on work participation.
The aims of this study were to: examine work limitations of working people with: rheumatoid …

Occupational risk factors for systemic lupus erythematosus: a nationwide study based on hospitalizations in Sweden

X Li, J Sundquist, K Sundquist, B Zöller - The Journal of Rheumatology, 2012 - jrheum.org
Objective. To investigate possible associations between occupation and hospitalization for
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a nationwide study. Methods. A nationwide database …

Fatigue in systemic lupus erythematosus: impact on occupational participation and reported management strategies

D Connolly, A McNally, D Moran… - British Journal of …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: Fatigue is reported by approximately 81 per cent of people with systemic lupus
erythematosus, with subsequent lower quality of life. Although standardized measures have …

Predictive factors of work disability in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic literature review

EM De Croon, JK Sluiter, TF Nijssen… - Annals of the …, 2004 - ard.bmj.com
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 …

Health-related quality of life and employment among persons with systemic lupus erythematosus

J Yazdany, E Yelin - Rheumatic Disease Clinics, 2010 - rheumatic.theclinics.com
This article assesses the effect of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) on the healthrelated
quality of life (HRQOL) and employment of persons with this condition. Far more than …

Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of five at‐work productivity measures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis

DE Beaton, K Tang, MAM Gignac… - Arthritis Care & …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Arthritis often impacts a worker's ability to be productive while at work. However,
the ideal approach to measuring arthritis‐attributable at‐work productivity loss remains …

Impact of systemic lupus erythematosus organ damage on unemployment or disability from a population-based cohort

SS Lim, M Agan, CM Drenkard - Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2012 - Springer
Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) predominantly develops in younger age
groups, when many are establishing themselves in the workforce. The development of a …

Elevated psychosocial stress at work in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis

JG Richter, T Muth, J Li, R Brinks, G Chehab… - The Journal of …, 2018 - jrheum.org
Objective. Psychosocial stress at work not only affects the healthy working population, but
also workers with chronic diseases. We aimed to investigate the psychosocial work stress …