Productivity at work and quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Van Vilsteren, Myrthe ^a   Boot, Cecile RL ^a   Knol, Dirk L ^a   Van Schaardenburg, Dirkjan ^b   Voskuyl, Alexandre E ^a   Steenbeek, Romy ^a,c   Anema, Johannes R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Jan Van Breemen Research Institute/Reade   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

At work productivity loss; Quality of life; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAND 36 SCALE; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK INSTABILITY; WORK LIMITATION QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKER; AGED; ENVIRONMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84929092558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-015-0562-x     Document Type: Article

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