Journal article
Differences by sex in correlates of work status in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Arthritis and rheumatism, v 12(6), pp 381-391
Dec 1999
PMID: 11081009
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Abstract
Objective
To examine differences by sex in correlates of work status in
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients seen in rheumatology clinical
settings.
Methods
Associations of demographic factors, occupation, duration of RA, and
scores for disease and psychological scales with work status according
to sex were examined in a cross‐sectional study of 960 RA patients,
aged 18–64 years, of whom 451 were working and 254 were work‐disabled.
Comparisons of characteristics were conducted by logistic regression
between working and work‐disabled, and between working and not working
subjects.
Results
For both men and women, the odds of work disability increased with age,
duration of RA, nonwhite race, and scores indicating high levels of
functional disability, pain, and helplessness. Work‐disabled women were
more likely than working women to have less than a high school
education or a nonprofessional occupation, compared with little
association of these variables with work disability in men. Unmarried
men were more likely to be work‐disabled than working, while marital
status was not associated with work disability in women. Differences by
sex in the associations of pain and helplessness scores with work
disability were also observed. Similar results were observed in
associations of these characteristics when the outcome was coded as
working versus not working.
Conclusions
These findings indicate some differences between men and women with RA
in correlates of work disability that may help to more effectively
target interventions. A patient's sex should be an important
consideration in studies of work disability due to arthritis.
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Details
- Title
- Differences by sex in correlates of work status in rheumatoid arthritis patients
- Creators
- Anneclaire J. De Roos - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NCLeigh F. Callahan - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Publication Details
- Arthritis and rheumatism, v 12(6), pp 381-391
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- Arthritis Foundation NIH (2P60AR‐30701‐17)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000084457500006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0033303332
- Other Identifier
- 991020112276904721
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