Occupational impacts of early inflammatory arthritis: results from the National Early Inflammatory Arthritis Audit
Authors' conclusion
It is easier to retain work in certain employment sectors. Participation in routine jobs is more affected
Study context
- Population
- People with early inflammatory arthritis, National Early Inflammatory Arthritis Audit 2018–20205,999 (47%) in paid work
- Participants
- 12,473 people
- Exposure
- Work participation by occupational class
- Outcome
- Work participation and WPAI scores by gender and occupation type
- Follow-up
- Baseline, 3 months and 12 months
Methodological detailsnational audit, descriptive analyses, regression models, Occupational data available for 3694 individuals
- National audit
- Descriptive analyses
- Regression models
- Occupational data available for 3694 individuals
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Work participation at diagnosis (WPAI completers)
Stopped work because of inflammatory arthritis symptoms
200
7.2%
Changed jobs because of inflammatory arthritis symptoms
344
12.3%
Absenteeism
30%
Presenteeism
40%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Disease activity at diagnosis, working vs non-working cohort
- Working cohort had statistically significant lower measures of disease activity
- P < 0.001
Work outcomes during follow-up (Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) completers)
- Stopped work
- 9.4%
- Changed roles
- 14.6%
- Work drop-out occurred almost entirely among people doing routine jobs
Original publication
Occupational impacts of early inflammatory arthritis: results from the National Early Inflammatory Arthritis Audit. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 19 September 2023. doi:10.
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