Examination of arthritis-related work place activity limitations and intermittent disability over four-and-a-half years and its relationship to job modifications and outcomes

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 953-962

  Gignac, Monique A M ^a   Cao, Xingshan ^b   Tang, Kenneth ^c   Beaton, Dorcas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE ACTIVITY LIMITATIONS SCALE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80051735030     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20456     Document Type: Article

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