Observational studyNPJ primary care respiratory medicine2021
Work absence in patients with asthma and/or COPD: a population-based study.
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- Indirect Costs of Non-Communicable Diseases within the Top Ten Causes of Mortality Worldwide: A Systematic Literature Review.Iranian journal of medical sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Estimating the financial burden of asthma among young adults in Sweden.European clinical respiratory journal · 2025Article
- Patient-centred outcomes in severe asthma: fatigue, sleep, physical activity and work.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Review
- Estimating the joint association of adverse childhood experiences and asthma with subsequent depressive symptoms: a marginal structural modelling approach.BMJ mental health · 2024Article
- Respiratory Symptoms, Disease Burden, and Quality of Life in Australian Adults According to GOLD Spirometry Grades: Data from the BOLD Australia Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023Article
- Improvement in symptom-related disruptions is associated with fewer days of short-acting beta-agonist use in asthma.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2022Article
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- Characteristics and Determinants of the Presence of Respiratory Symptoms among Sewage Workers in Malaysia.Journal of environmental and public health · 2022Article
- Common Mental Disorders, Functional Limitation and Diet Quality Trends and Related Factors among COPD Patients in Spain, 2006-2017: Evidence from Spanish National Health Surveys.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma impact on work productivity, but their population-based burden and clinical predictors are understudied. In this observational, real-life study, work absence of 14,383 asthma and/or COPD patients present in the MAJORICA cohort (Spain) was compared with the general population. Using multivariable regression, we studied the association of work absence with demographic and clinical characteristics. Patients with asthma and/or COPD had more work absence than the general population (15.2% vs 8.9%, p < 0.0001). Patients with asthma had more often periods of work absence compared to patients with COPD (16.0% vs 12.8%, p < 0.0001). The number of days absent were, however, less in asthma than in COPD (median: 15 days [IQR: 5-51] vs 39 days [IQR: 13-134], p < 0.001). Patients with asthma-COPD overlap were in between (14.5% with absence; median: 27 days [IQR: 10-82]). Comorbid anxiety, allergic rhinitis, and sleep apnoea were independently associated with more work absence.
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