Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, debilitating disease with a significant
impact on workplace productivity. Aim To perform a systematic review of studies of the …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic disabling condition with, among other things, negative
social and economic consequences for both the individual patient and society. Striking …

Introduction Work disability is a major consequence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), associated
not only with traditional disease activity variables, but also more significantly with …

Objective To develop components of a multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire
(MDHAQ) through the addition of new items in the “patient‐friendly” HAQ format, including …

Statistically significant declines in chronic disability prevalence rates were observed in the
elderly United States population between the 1982 and 1989 National Long Term Care …

Abstract Objective The Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) has become the most
common tool for measuring functional status in rheumatology. However, the HAQ is long (34 …

Objectives: To assess the occurrence and prognostic factors for the ability to maintain paid
work in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Setting: Inception cohort of patients with RA …

Objective. To establish the prevalence of work disability and predictors of change in
employment status in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Setting. The Norfolk …

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 …

Objective To investigate the course of self‐reported disability in rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
using the major self‐report measure of functional impairment, the Health Assessment …