Title |
Work disability remains a major problem in rheumatoid arthritis in the 2000s: data from 32 countries in the QUEST-RA Study
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Published in |
Arthritis Research & Therapy, March 2010
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DOI | 10.1186/ar2951 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Tuulikki Sokka, Hannu Kautiainen, Theodore Pincus, Suzanne MM Verstappen, Amita Aggarwal, Rieke Alten, Daina Andersone, Humeira Badsha, Eva Baecklund, Miguel Belmonte, Jürgen Craig-Müller, Licia Maria Henrique da Mota, Alexander Dimic, Nihal A Fathi, Gianfranco Ferraccioli, Wataru Fukuda, Pál Géher, Feride Gogus, Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni, Hisham Hamoud, Glenn Haugeberg, Dan Henrohn, Kim Horslev-Petersen, Ruxandra Ionescu, Dmitry Karateew, Reet Kuuse, Ieda Maria Magalhaes Laurindo, Juris Lazovskis, Reijo Luukkainen, Ayman Mofti, Eithne Murphy, Ayako Nakajima, Omondi Oyoo, Sapan C Pandya, Christof Pohl, Denisa Predeteanu, Mjellma Rexhepi, Sylejman Rexhepi, Banwari Sharma, Eisuke Shono, Jean Sibilia, Stanislaw Sierakowski, Fotini N Skopouli, Sigita Stropuviene, Sergio Toloza, Ivo Valter, Anthony Woolf, Hisashi Yamanaka, the QUEST-RA study group |
Abstract |
Work disability is a major consequence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), associated not only with traditional disease activity variables, but also more significantly with demographic, functional, occupational, and societal variables. Recent reports suggest that the use of biologic agents offers potential for reduced work disability rates, but the conclusions are based on surrogate disease activity measures derived from studies primarily from Western countries. |
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Colombia | 1 | <1% |
Norway | 1 | <1% |
Finland | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Estonia | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 232 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 31 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 26 | 11% |
Researcher | 20 | 8% |
Other | 20 | 8% |
Other | 58 | 24% |
Unknown | 53 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 101 | 42% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 5% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 5% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 10 | 4% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 3% |
Other | 33 | 14% |
Unknown | 60 | 25% |