Rheumatoid Arthritis Victims Work More
BOSTON (UPI) -- The employability of men and women with advanced rheumatoid arthritis has improved since the mid-1980s, a Boston University study found. Lead author Saralynn Allaire used the National Data Bank longitudinal study of rheumatoid arthritis and identified 5,384 subjects for analysis and had participants complete extensive surveys every six months from 2002 to 2005. The mean age of the rheumatoid arthritis study population was 52 years -- 82 percent of the subjects were women and 63 percent had more than a high school education. Nearly three-quarters of these employed subjects worked full-time, 41 percent held professional or managerial jobs and 16 percent were self-employed. The annual incidence of premature work cessation was 12 percent in 2003, 9 percent in 2004, and 9 percent in 2005. The study, published in the Arthritis Care & Research, found the incidence of work cessation directly attributed to arthritis was about 6 percent per year, and decreased slightly over the three-year study period. The study authors said declines in both the unemployment rate and the physical demands of U.S. jobs , as well as improvements in medical treatment may account for less rheumatoid arthritis disability.
BOSTON (UPI) -- The employability of men and women with advanced rheumatoid arthritis has improved since the mid-1980s, a Boston University study found. Lead author Saralynn Allaire used the National Data Bank longitudinal study of rheumatoid arthritis and identified 5,384 subjects for analysis and had participants complete extensive surveys every six months from 2002 to 2005. The mean age of the rheumatoid arthritis study population was 52 years -- 82 percent of the subjects were women and 63 percent had more than a high school education. Nearly three-quarters of these employed subjects worked full-time, 41 percent held professional or managerial jobs and 16 percent were self-employed. The annual incidence of premature work cessation was 12 percent in 2003, 9 percent in 2004, and 9 percent in 2005. The study, published in the Arthritis Care & Research, found the incidence of work cessation directly attributed to arthritis was about 6 percent per year, and decreased slightly over the three-year study period. The study authors said declines in both the unemployment rate and the physical demands of U.S. jobs , as well as improvements in medical treatment may account for less rheumatoid arthritis disability.
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