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Keat, A. C., Gaffney, K. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7863-9176, Gilbert, A. K., Harris, C. and Leeder, J.
(2008)
Influence of biologic therapy on return to work in people with work disability due to ankylosing spondylitis.
Rheumatology, 47 (4).
pp. 481-483.
ISSN 1462-0324
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To answer the question 'does TNF blockade therapy enable people with severe AS to return to work or work more productively?'. METHODS: All patients with AS currently receiving anti-TNF therapy at two UK Hospitals were asked to complete a questionnaire. This asked about occupational history, type of work, degree of job-related physical activity, working hours and sickness absence from work both currently (on anti-TNF treatment) and pre-treatment. RESULTS: Sixty-five patients (72.3% male), aged 29-64 (mean 46.1) yrs, whose duration of anti-TNF treatment ranged from 3 to 56 (mean 19.1) months were studied. Twenty-four (36.9%) patients were receiving infliximab, 21 (32.3%) etanercept and 20 (30.8%) adalimumab. Pre-treatment, 46 (70.8%) were in employment (1 was a student); 38 (58.5%) were working full-time and 8 (12.3%) part-time; 19 (29.2%) were not working. On treatment, 50 (76.9%) patients were working, 44 (67.7%) full-time and 6 (9.2%) part-time. Two individuals who worked part-time pre-treatment had returned to work full-time. Thus, on treatment, 4 of the 19 patients who were previously unable to work returned to employment, and 2 others increased their work from part-time to full-time. Patients rated the effect of AS on work capacity as 7.05/10 pre-treatment and 2.92/10 post-treatment. Those who were working lost, on average, 15 days from work due to sick leave in the 12 months pre-treatment and 0.91 days in the first 12 months on treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment of active AS with TNF blockade appears to be associated with improved capacity for work.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | adalimumab,adult,therapeutic use,antibodies, monoclonal, humanized,therapeutic use,drug evaluation,employment,etanercept,female,humans,therapeutic use,infliximab,male,middle aged,motor activity,therapeutic use,severity of illness index,statistics & numerical data,drug therapy,treatment outcome,antagonists & inhibitors,work capacity evaluation |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2020 00:02 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2022 06:40 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/76625 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/rheumatology/ken010 |
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