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- Title
Work absence in patients with asthma and/or COPD: a population-based study.
- Authors
Dierick, Boudewijn J. H.; Flokstra-de Blok, Bertine M. J.; van der Molen, Thys; Toledo-Pons, Núria; Román-Rodríguez, Miguel; Cosío, Borja G.; Soriano, Joan B.; Kocks, Janwillem W. H.; van Boven, Job F. M.
- Abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma impact on work productivity, but their population-based burden and clinical predictors are understudied. In this observational, real-life study, work absence of 14,383 asthma and/or COPD patients present in the MAJORICA cohort (Spain) was compared with the general population. Using multivariable regression, we studied the association of work absence with demographic and clinical characteristics. Patients with asthma and/or COPD had more work absence than the general population (15.2% vs 8.9%, p < 0.0001). Patients with asthma had more often periods of work absence compared to patients with COPD (16.0% vs 12.8%, p < 0.0001). The number of days absent were, however, less in asthma than in COPD (median: 15 days [IQR: 5–51] vs 39 days [IQR: 13–134], p < 0.001). Patients with asthma–COPD overlap were in between (14.5% with absence; median: 27 days [IQR: 10–82]). Comorbid anxiety, allergic rhinitis, and sleep apnoea were independently associated with more work absence.
- Subjects
ASTHMATICS; OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases; SLEEP apnea syndromes; DEMOGRAPHIC characteristics
- Publication
NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 2021, Vol 31, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2055-1010
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41533-021-00217-z