scholarly journals Measures of adult work disability: The Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ) and the Rheumatoid Arthritis Work Instability Scale (RA-WIS)

2003 ◽  
Vol 49 (S5) ◽  
pp. S85-S89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saralynn H. Allaire
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Work Disability ◽  
Work Limitations

Fatigue

2020 ◽  
pp. 251-258
Author(s):  
Emma Dures ◽  
Neil Basu
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Health Beliefs ◽  
Societal Perspective ◽  
Work Disability ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Healthcare Costs ◽  
Patient Perspective ◽  
Pain Disability ◽  
Societal Burden

Fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with inflammation, pain, disability, sleep, depression, and health beliefs, implying complex, multicausal pathways comprising differing combinations of variables. From a patient perspective, it is a common, overwhelming, and distressing symptom. From a societal perspective, fatigue is a significant predictor of high healthcare costs and the main reason for work disability and loss. This chapter will highlight the role of patients in establishing the importance of the symptom, including the proposal that it should be measured in studies of RA whenever possible. Acknowledgement of fatigue as a patient priority is a relatively recent development, and highlights the value of collaborating with patients in shaping the research agenda. There will be discussion of the scale of fatigue in RA, including data on prevalence and descriptions of its nature and impact. Research has established the unpredictable and unearned nature of RA-related fatigue with its physical, cognitive, and emotional components, and identified the associated individual and societal burden. This will be followed by conceptual models informing our understanding of the biology of rheumatoid arthritis-related fatigue, the role of bioinformatics, and the challenges of unravelling the mechanisms of this multidimensional symptom. Finally, the evidence for interventions and treatments to alleviate fatigue will be presented, with a focus on non-pharmacological approaches to support fatigue self-management.

Loneliness as a Predictor of Work Disability Onset Among Nondisabled, Working Older Adults in 14 Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 554-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary A. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Work Disability ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression ◽  
Work Limitations ◽  
Disablement Process ◽  
Health Aging ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between loneliness and work disability and whether depression mediates the hypothesized relationship. Method: We draw on data from the 2013 and 2015 waves of the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe. We limited the sample to adults between the ages of 50 and 65 who were working and without work limitations in 2013, which consisted of 10,154 adults from 14 countries. We apply multivariate logistic regression and a binary mediation analysis with logistic regression to examine predictors of the onset of work disability in 2015. Results: Loneliness was predictive of future work disability onset when adjusting for other factors in the disablement process. Depression partly mediated the longitudinal relationship between loneliness and work disability. Discussion: The results indicate that addressing loneliness could mitigate the risk of depression and, in turn, work disability onset.

scholarly journals Work disability from rheumatoid arthritis

2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Shanahan
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Work Disability

scholarly journals Working status among Dutch patients with rheumatoid arthritis: work disability and working conditions

Rheumatology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. M. Verstappen ◽  
A. Boonen ◽  
J. W. J. Bijlsma ◽  
E. Buskens ◽  
H. Verkleij ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Work Disability ◽  
Working Status
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