Although pain reduction is commonly the primary outcome in chronic pain clinical trials,
physical functioning is also important. A challenge in designing chronic pain trials to …

Fatigue is one of the most important symptoms for patients with RA, and imposes a great
burden on patients' lives, being associated with significantly reduced health-related quality …

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Objectives To clarify the social disadvantages associated with myasthenia gravis (MG) and
examine associations with its disease and treatment. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting …

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 …

Introduction Despite improved treatments and reduced disability, people with rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) experience difficulties in daily life, which may negatively affect their balance of …

Objective To examine the availability, need, and use of workplace policies for workers with
osteoarthritis (OA) and inflammatory arthritis (IA) and their association with employment …

Improving work participation for individuals with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases
(RMDs), has gained increasing interest over the last 10 years. New approaches are based …

Objective To examine work absenteeism, job disruptions, and perceived productivity loss
and factors associated with each outcome in young adults living with systemic lupus …

Introduction Individual attributes including disability and sex/gender have the potential to
intersect and determine the likelihood of unmet workplace support needs. Our study …