Abstract
Objective: We aimed to evaluate work productivity on the quality of life and disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis. Material and methods: One hundred ankylosing spondylitis patients were included in the study. Disease activity was assessed by Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), quality of life was assessed by Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life questionnaire, work productivity was assessed by work productivity and activity impairment questionnaire. Results: Absenteeism, presenteeism, work productivity loss and activity impairment scores were positively correlated with BASDAI. We found correlation between absenteeism, presenteeism, work productivty loss, activity impairment scores and poor quality of life. Conclusion: As a result of our study, work productivity should be considered in clinical practice. Assessment of work productivity in routine clinical practice can contribute to a better understanding of problems in patients' behavior to treatment.
Highlights
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease
Absenteeism, presenteeism, work productivity loss, and activity impairment scores were positively correlated with Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) (p=0.03, r=0.289; p=0.003, r=0.296; p=0.003, r=0.300; p=0.002, r=0.301; respectively)
Twenty-five percent of AS patients had Absenteeism, presenteeism, work productivity loss and activity impairment scores were positively correlated with BASDAI and Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life (ASQoL)
Summary
Introduction Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease. Characteristically AS affects sacroiliac joints and spinal column. Awada et al [7] evaluated QoL in rheumatoid arhtritis (RA) patients and non-RA healty subjects. They found that QoL was significantly decreased in RA patients and workability has a positive effect on Physical Component Score. It is the indirect cost due to the lack of work caused by the disease [9] It has been studied in rheumatic diseases such as RA, AS, psoriasis, and systemic lupus erytematosus (SLE) [10,11]. We aimed to evaluate the effect of work productivity on QoL and disease activity in Turkish AS patients. We aimed to acquire knowledge on the indirect costs and QoL of AS patients
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