Background The goal of this study was to determine the rate of work disability,
unemployment, and sick leave in an unselected inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) cohort …

Objectives To assess employment status, difficulties at work and sick leave in inflammatory
bowel disease (IBD) patients and their relation with sociodemographic and clinical factors …

Background Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) negatively affects the patient's health-
related quality of life (HRQoL). Only a few population-based studies have compared the …

Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with high costs to society. Few
data on the impact of IBD on work disability and potential predictive factors are available …

Background Inflammatory bowel disease can decrease the quality of life and induce work
disability. We sought to (1) identify and quantify the predictors of disease-specific work …

Objectives To investigate the relation of demographic factors, medication and symptoms to
health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, and to identify …

Objective To compare the work disability (WD) rate in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
patients 10 years after disease onset, with the WD rate in the background population, and to …

Objective. The aim of this study was to explore the utilization of health services by Finnish
adults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and to assess the associated demographic …

Introduction Inflammatory bowel diseases are chronic conditions that might cause a severe
impact on social life. The aim of the study was to assess employment, chronic work disability …

Background & aims: Inflammatory bowel disease has considerable effects on work-related
outcomes and leads to high societal costs due to sick leave and disability pension. The aims …