Work situation, work ability and expectation of returning to work in patients with systemic autoimmune myopathies
Authors' conclusion
Our findings highlight the poor work participation in a well-characterized sample of working-age patients with SAMs.
Study context
- Population
- Adult patients with systemic autoimmune myopathies (SAMs)
- Participants
- 75 patients
- Exposure
- Paid work vs Out of work
- Paid workn = 33
- Out of workn = 42
- Outcome
- Work situation (paid work vs out of work); work ability (WAI, scale 7-49) in those working; return-to-work self-efficacy (RTW-SE, scale 11-66) in those out of work
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Work situation
- 1-point increase in Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI) (0-3) decreased the chance of doing paid work by
- 66% (95% CI: 0.16, 0.74; P = 0.007)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
- Work ability (Work Ability Index (WAI), scale 7-49) in those doing paid work
- 33.5 · mean · SD 6.9
- Work ability (WAI, scale 7-49) in those doing paid work — Female sex, decrease in WAI
- −5.04
- Work ability (WAI, scale 7-49) in those doing paid work — Diabetes, decrease in WAI
- −5.94
- Work ability (WAI, scale 7-49) in those doing paid work — FM, decrease in WAI
- −6.40
- Work ability (WAI, scale 7-49) in those doing paid work — Fatigue, decrease in WAI
- −4.51
- Work ability (WAI, scale 7-49) in those doing paid work — Severe anxiety, decrease in WAI
- −4.59
- Return-to-work self-efficacy (RTW-SE, scale 11-66) in those out of work
- 42.8 · mean · SD 12.4
- Return-to-work self-efficacy (RTW-SE, scale 11-66) in those out of work — Cutaneous manifestations, average increase in RTW-SE (points)
- 10.57
- Return-to-work self-efficacy (RTW-SE, scale 11-66) in those out of work — >12 years of education, average increase in RTW-SE (points)
- 10.9
- Return-to-work self-efficacy (RTW-SE, scale 11-66) in those out of work — 1-point increase in HAQ-DI, decrease in RTW-SE (points)
- 4.69
Original publication
Work situation, work ability and expectation of returning to work in patients with systemic autoimmune myopathies. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 22 July 2022. doi:10.
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