Work participation is reduced during the development of RA, months before clinical arthritis manifests.
Cleo RogierPascal Hendrik Pieter de JongAnnette H M van der Helm van MilElise van MulligenPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2021)
In the months preceding RA, presenteeism is already apparent and worsened further during progression to clinical arthritis and diagnosis. This underlines the relevance of the symptomatic pre-RA phase for patients. The observed reversibility in arthralgia-patients with symptom-resolution may suggest that intervention in pre-RA could improve work participation.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- disease activity
- end stage renal disease
- ankylosing spondylitis
- physical activity
- randomized controlled trial
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- interstitial lung disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- prognostic factors
- magnetic resonance imaging
- patient reported
- diffusion weighted imaging
- systemic sclerosis