Productivity loss and work disability in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases in Hungary in the era of biologics
M Mandel, A Bálint, B Lovász, P Golovics, K Farkas, Z Kürti, B Szilágyi, A Mohás, T Molnár, P Lakatos · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2014 · Heft 05
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Background and Aims: To assess work disability (WD) and disability pension (DP) rates in a referral inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) involving patients with Crohn's disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC) cohort and to identify possible clinical or demographic factors associated with WD. Methods: Data from 443 (M/F: 202/241, CD/UC: 260/183, median age: 34 (CD) and 41 (UC) years, biological drug exposure 31.2%/11.5%)) consecutive patients were included UC. WD data were collected by questionnaire and the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) instrument. Disability pension (DP) rates in the general popul…
