… with CD (26%) actually took sick leave or a disability. However, a majority of the patients
who were on sick leave were patients with mild disease activity, as measured by both the …

… Inflammatory bowel diseases are chronic conditions that … , and sick leave in patients with
inflammatory bowel disease. … to 984 patients with inflammatory bowel disease and 1504 controls…

… They include Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC)… The indirect costs include lower
productivity such as sick leave… Sick leave, unemployment, and disability caused by the IBD …

… JT explained: “…I was just looking at my vacation or my like sick [leave] bank if I ever, something
did happen … I can go days without thinking about it [IBD], or it just kind of becomes this …

… the direct medical costs and indirect 1-year costs related to inflammatory bowel diseases, they
used … care, hospital admissions, pharmacotherapy, sick pay, and early retirement. Patients …

… required 7.2 days per year of sick leave for their own disease management (12), it was
assumed that the same number of days would be required to manage a child’s illness. Parents of …

… and disease onset in adolescence or early adulthood can make inflammatory bowel disease
… The time elapsed between a need for long-term sick leave and when a DP is granted varies …

… at least one sick leave within the past 12 months related to their disease; on average,
patients took two sick leaves per year. The mean duration of these sick leaves was two months, …

… patients on sick leave in the pre-biologics era. It is estimated that an IBD patient will be sick
about 4 weeks per year, off from work for 3 to 6 weeks per year and hospitalized for 10 days. …

… Using multiple linear regressions, unemployment, sick leave and disease activity … inflammatory
bowel diseases (IBDs), which are characterized by a heterogeneous and varying disease …