Problems faced at work due to inflammatory arthritis: new insights gained from understanding patients' perspective

D Lacaille, MA White, CL Backman… - Arthritis Care & …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective A qualitative study was conducted to better understand patients' perspective on
their experience at work in relation to their inflammatory arthritis (IA). Objectives were to …

Adaptations made by rheumatoid arthritis patients to continue working: a pilot study of workplace challenges and successful adaptations

CA Mancuso, SA Paget… - Arthritis care & research, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The goals of this pilot study were to use qualitative research techniques in a
group of currently employed patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to develop categories of …

Managing arthritis and employment: making arthritis‐related work changes as a means of adaptation

MAM Gignac, EM Badley, D Lacaille… - Arthritis Care & …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To understand arthritis‐related workplace changes, including occasional work
loss and changes to the type and hours of work, and the factors associated with them using …

Arthritis symptoms, the work environment, and the future: measuring perceived job strain among employed persons with arthritis

MAM Gignac, D Sutton… - Arthritis Care & Research …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To develop a measure of job strain related to differing aspects of working with
arthritis and to examine the demographic, illness, work context, and psychosocial variables …

Work participation and arthritis: a systematic overview of challenges, adaptations and opportunities for interventions

JL Hoving, MCB van Zwieten, M van der Meer… - …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Objective. Understanding the factors that play a role in maintaining people with inflammatory
arthritis in the workforce may aid the design of interventions to support work participation …

Arthritis and employment: an examination of behavioral coping efforts to manage workplace activity limitations

MAM Gignac - Arthritis Care & Research: Official Journal of the …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To examine ways in which individuals with arthritis manage their employment and
health by focusing on the type and determinants of diverse behavioral coping strategies …

Workplace, psychosocial factors, and depressive symptoms among working people with arthritis: a longitudinal study.

X Li, MAM Gignac, AH Anis - The Journal of rheumatology, 2006 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: To examine the role of demographic, illness-related, workplace support,
workplace activity limitations, arthritis-related work changes, and psychosocial factors in …

Reexamining the arthritis‐employment interface: perceptions of arthritis‐work spillover among employed adults

MAM Gignac, D Sutton… - Arthritis Care & Research …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To examine employed individuals' perceptions of arthritis‐work spillover (AWS),
the reciprocal influence of arthritis on work and work on arthritis, and the demographic …

Preventing work disability among employees with rheumatoid arthritis: what medical professionals can learn from the patients' perspective

I Varekamp, JA Haafkens, SI Detaille… - Arthritis Care & …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To compare the perspectives of employees with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with
those of medical professionals regarding what persons with RA need to prevent work …

Arthritis‐related work transitions: a prospective analysis of reported productivity losses, work changes, and leaving the labor force

MAM Gignac, X Cao, D Lacaille, AH Anis… - Arthritis Care & …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To prospectively examine arthritis‐related productivity losses, work changes, and
leaving employment, the relationships among these work transitions, and the factors …