Sacilotto et al.9
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Employment status |
Individual questionnaire; medical records used as secondary sources |
Retired: 39%, housewives: 20%, disease support: 9%, unemployed: 5%, unemployed looking for work: 1%, formally registered worker: 16%, unregistered worker: 6%, self-employed worker: 4%. Employed patients: lower HAQ-DIa averages and fewer erosions. Among the patients who retired: 56% due to RA; among the patients on disability benefit or temporarily retired: 82% due to RA. |
Xavier et al.10
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Wok productivity, absenteeism, presenteeism, and employment rate |
WALSb, WPAIc, and WLQ-25d questionnaires |
Brazilian sample: WALS-score (0–36): 10.6 ± 6.8. WPAI-RA (0–100%): presenteeism (32,6%), absenteeism (5.8%), overall work impairment (5.9%). WLQ-25 - 4 dimensions (0–100%): work impairment (WI) due to physical demands (37.7%); WI due to time demands (29.3%); WI due to output demands (18.1%); WI due to mental-interpersonal demands (15.2%); WLQ-25 index: 5.9. The employment rate (Brazilian sample): 44.2% of the respondents of WPAI-RA. Considering the total sample (Brazil and other Latin American countries), higher educational levels were associated with better WLQ-25; previous orthopedic surgeries reduced absenteeism and work limitations; and worsening in disease activity was associated with decreased work productivity. |
Gomes et al.11
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Employment status |
Self-reported employment status during structured interviews |
Prevalence of RA working patients: 44.3%. The prevalence of working patients was 90% higher among those under 60 years, 132% higher among low-income individuals (< 2 minimum wages) and 73% higher among patients with high functional disability assessed through the HAQa. |
Pinheiro et al.12
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Employment status, impairment while at work, and overall work impairment |
Patient record form, patient self-completion form, and WPAI |
Employed: 29%, retired: 24%, unemployed due to arthritis: 2% (other categories: student, self-employed, homemaker). Work and activity impairment rose with increasing disease severity. Severe RA patients had more unemployment due to arthritis and greater disease duration. |
Azevedo et al.13
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Employment status, days absent from work, time on sick leave, and time on retirement due to RA |
Systematically structured interview |
Early retirement due to RA: 24.5%, sick leave due to RA: 32.3%, working: 43.2%. Retired patients and those on sick leave tended to belong to lower socioeconomic categories, while those who were working were in the higher classes. Meantime on disability benefit: 2.25 years; meantime on retirement: 7.33 years. |
Louzada-Junior et al.14
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Employment status |
Review of medical records |
Formally employed: 31%; housewives: 40%; sick leave: 9%; unemployed: 4%; retired: 16%. |
Teixeira et al.15
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Employment status |
Sociodemographic data were collected through a specific questionnaire |
Unemployment rate: 63.7%. Among them, 47.4% were receiving social security and 23% referred to be permanently out of work because of SLE (higher for non-white patients). Out-of-work profile was associated with damage. |
Appenzeller et al.16
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Employment status |
Structured interview at study entry and every 6 months for 3 years |
At study entry, 70.7% of the patients were employed. After 3 years, 51.7% who were working at study entry, were still employed. Unemployment was predicted by the number of cognitive domains impaired, depression, fewer years of education, and the presence of anticardiolipin antibodies at study entry. |