Poor work outcomes in patients with spondyloarthritis: causes, consequences, and solutions.

Spondyloarthritis affects work productivity. Screening for predictive factors should be considered by the clinician in the overall management of the disease. Key Points • SpA occurs among young and active patients; it could affect their professional lives and thus lead to loss of work productivity and unemployment. • The management of patients with SpA must be multidisciplinary; this includes assessing contextual factors in order to act on modifiable factors such as smoking and BMI, optimal management of the disease to maintain at least a low disease activity, and to ensure workstation layout and elimination of professional constraints that can affect work outcomes in patients with SpA.