Overcoming Workplace Disability in IBD Patients: An Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) can have considerable effects on employment outcomes because of its disabling character.

Goals

We aimed to investigate the impact of IBD in the workplace and to better understand the need for accommodations and adaptations.

Study

Between November 2017 and March 2018, IBD patients were recruited from outpatient clinics in Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand. The survey assessed employment, the need for workplace accommodations and the difficulty arranging it, insurance, and disability using the item-reduced Inflammatory Bowel Disease Disability Index for self-report (IBD-DI-SR). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression modeling.

Results

One hundred twenty-three patients were i

SUBMITTER: Paulides E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7315202 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature