Occupational impacts of early inflammatory arthritis: results from the National Early Inflammatory Arthritis Audit.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Inflammatory arthritis causes significant work disability. Studies regarding this frequently fail to report important contextual information such as employment type. Our objective was to explore work participation, by gender and occupation type, in early inflammatory arthritis.

Methods

Data are from the National Early Inflammatory Arthritis Audit for 2018-2020. At diagnosis, clinicians collected information on demographics, inflammatory arthritis disease activity, and working status. Participants completed patient-reported outcomes at baseline, 3 months and 12 months, including occupation and Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI). Descriptive analyses of work participation and WPAI scores by occupational class at all time points were performed. Regressi

SUBMITTER: Bechman K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11215985 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature