Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Which patients with rheumatoid arthritis are still working? | Uhlig Arthritis Research Therapy 2010 12 114 http content 12 2 114 EDITORIAL Which patients with rheumatoid arthritis are still working Till Uhlig See related research by Sokka etal. http content 12 2 R42 Abstract In the light of improved and costly treatment for rheumatoid arthritis RA the evaluation of work disability has gained increased attention. The assumption that better treatment of RA leads to increased work participation has not yet been supported by sufficient evidence. Differences in RA-related work disability have been observed between countries also indicating an influence of non-disease-related macroeconomic factors. Work disability results from a complex interaction between a clinical disease sociodemographic variables macroeconomic conditions and personal factors. Some of these factors are modifiable while others are not. During the past decade the advent and accessibility of effective drugs has improved our ability to reduce rheumatoid arthritis RA disease activity and hence the consequences of inflammatory rheumatic joint diseases. One of these consequences is work disability which is common in RA. Work disability across a number of countries has very recently been examined by Sokka and collaborators 1 . Rates of work disability are higher in people with RA than in the general population when adjusting for age and gender 2 . From a societal perspective it is important to evaluate if work disability in RA can be reduced alongside the proven clinical effectiveness of biologic drugs and other advances in treating and caring for patients with RA which has alleviated the disease burden in recent years 3 . Most readers of this editorial probably work to give life a meaning not only to make a living. Being employed may have positive effects on a person s quality of life but if the work environment is experienced as less Correspondence Department of Rheumatology Diakonhjemmet Hospital
