Trial reportInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2006
Sick leave as a predictor of job loss in patients with chronic arthritis.
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- Future perspectives of Smartphone applications for rheumatic diseases self-management.Rheumatology international · 2015Review
- Factors influencing sick leave episodes in Mexican workers with rheumatoid arthritis and its impact on working days lost.Rheumatology international · 2013Article
- The burden of illness of rheumatoid arthritis.Clinical rheumatology · 2011Review
- Rheumatoid arthritis: scientific development from a critical point of view.Rheumatology international · 2010Article
- The effect of total knee replacement on employment in patients under 60 years of age.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2009Article
- Sick leave and work disability in patients with early arthritis.Clinical rheumatology · 2008Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo study the occurrence and duration of sick leave as potential risk factors for permanent job loss after 24 months among 112 individuals with chronic arthritis and a disease related problem at work.
methodsData collection was embedded in a multicentre randomised controlled trial in which the cost-effectiveness of a multidisciplinary job retention vocational rehabilitation programme for employees with chronic arthritis and a disease related problem at work was compared to usual outpatient care. Sick leave (complete or partial) was defined as absenteeism reported to the employer and permanent job loss as receiving a full work disability pension or unemployment. The association between sick leave at baseline and job loss after 24 months was investigated by multivariate logistic regression analysis, including those variables that were univariately significantly associated with job loss after 24 months.
resultsAt baseline, 60 of the 112 subjects (54%) were on sick leave, with a mean duration of 18.7 weeks, in half of these patients the sick leave was complete. After 24 months, 26 of the 112 patients (23%) had lost their job. The presence of complete sick leave (OR 4.74, 95% CI 1.86-12.07) and the depression score of the hospital anxiety and depression scale (OR 1.18, 95% CI 1.02-1.36) were significantly and independently associated with job loss after 2 years follow-up.
conclusionThe occurrence of complete sick leave was found to be an independent risk factor for job loss in patients with chronic arthritis who have a disease related problem at work.
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