Spondyloarthritis & psoriatic arthritis
Work participation in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: high prevalence of negative workplace experiences and long-term work impairment
Authors' conclusion
Despite improvements in pharmacological treatment options, we still observed substantially impaired WP in patients with axSpA.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), ATTENTUS-axSpA survey, Germany
- Participants
- 770 patients
- Outcome
- Outcomes of work participation and prevalence of negative workplace experiences in axSpA
Methodological detailsmulticentre, observational survey, multivariate logistic regression
- Multicentre
- Observational survey
- Multivariate logistic regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Work participation
- Not employed
- 23.4%
- Receiving disability pensions
- 6.5%
- Current work cessation (patients)
- 120
- Out of work for 10 years or longer, among those with work cessation
- 28
- Absenteeism for >1 month within the past year, among 590 currently employed
- 31.9%
- Presenteeism for >1 month within the past year, among 590 currently employed
- 35.9%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Predictors of unimpaired work participation (WP) (n=242), multivariate logistic regression
- Main predictors: low disease activity (BASDAI), better physical function (BASFI) and better global functioning (ASAS-Health Index)
- Biological treatment, disease duration, age, sex, education level and BMI were not reliable predictors
Original publication
Work participation in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: high prevalence of negative workplace experiences and long-term work impairment. RMD Open. Published 16 March 2023. doi:10.
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