Effects of employees living with an 'arthritis' on sickness absence and transitions out of employment: a comparative observational study in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess sickness absence and transitions from employment for employees with arthritis compared with employees without arthritis over time.

Methods

We use 10 waves of the UK Household Longitudinal Survey (2009-2019). The sample (n=38 928) comprises employees aged 50 years to state retirement age. Arthritis was self-reported and could refer to people with conditions under the umbrella term 'inflammatory arthritis' or osteoarthritis (hereafter 'arthritis'). Weighted random-effects multivariable linear probability models were estimated for two employment-related measures (1) sickness absence and (2) transitions from employment to: (a) unemployment; (b) long-term sick; (c) early retirement. These were regressed against a variable for arthritis and confounding factors (a

SUBMITTER: Whittaker W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624701 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature