A multinational assessment of work-related productivity loss and indirect costs from a survey of patients with psoriasis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Total work productivity loss (WPL) and associated indirect costs contribute to the economic burden of psoriasis.

Objectives

To estimate total WPL and related indirect costs, and identify predictors of WPL associated with psoriasis severity in France, Germany, Spain, the U.K. and Italy (EU5) and the U.S.A.

Methods

Data from the 2015 Adelphi Real World Psoriasis Disease Specific Programme, analysed for absenteeism, presenteeism and total WPL, were quantified (0-100%) from participants who completed the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) instrument. These measures were converted to indirect costs using the human capital method. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses controlling for patient demographic and clinical characteristics were c

SUBMITTER: Villacorta R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7497177 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature