Table 3 Work productivity assessed through WALS, WPAI:RA and WLQ-25 questionnaires among RA patients at baseline
From: Burden of rheumatoid arthritis on patients’ work productivity and quality of life
Work Productivity | Argentina | Brazil | Colombia | Mexico | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
WALS | N = 52 | N = 22 | N = 64 | N = 68 | N = 206 | |||||
1.Get to and from work and maintain punctuality [N/%] | 18 | 34.6 | 11 | 50.0 | 30 | 46.9 | 24 | 35.3 | 83 | 40.3 |
2. Getting to the workplace [N/%] | 26 | 50.0 | 11 | 50.0 | 43 | 67.2 | 36 | 52.9 | 116 | 56.3 |
3. Sitting for long periods of time at your job [N/%] | 17 | 32.7 | 10 | 45.5 | 38 | 59.4 | 34 | 50.0 | 99 | 48.1 |
4. Standing for long periods of time at your job [N/%] | 34 | 65.4 | 15 | 68.2 | 49 | 76.6 | 46 | 67.6 | 144 | 69.9 |
5. Lift, carry or move objects [N/%] | 39 | 75.0 | 18 | 81.8 | 52 | 81.3 | 56 | 82.4 | 165 | 80.1 |
6. Working with your hands [N/%] | 35 | 67.3 | 17 | 77.3 | 45 | 70.3 | 30 | 44.1 | 127 | 61.7 |
7. Crouching, bend, kneel or work in awkward positions [N/%] | 43 | 82.7 | 20 | 90.9 | 52 | 81.3 | 58 | 85.3 | 173 | 84.0 |
8. Stretch out [N/%] | 33 | 63.5 | 19 | 86.4 | 40 | 62.5 | 37 | 54.4 | 129 | 62.6 |
9. With the schedule of hours of work that your job requires [N/%] | 18 | 34.6 | 12 | 54.5 | 30 | 46.9 | 30 | 44.1 | 90 | 43.7 |
10. With the pace of work that your job requires [N/%] | 27 | 51.9 | 12 | 54.5 | 37 | 57.8 | 42 | 61.8 | 106 | 51.5 |
11. Meet your current job demands [N/%] | 25 | 48.1 | 14 | 63.6 | 36 | 56.3 | 37 | 54.4 | 110 | 53.4 |
12. To concentrate and keep your mind on your work [N/%] | 19 | 36.5 | 12 | 54.5 | 7 | 10.9 | 25 | 36.8 | 92 | 44.7 |
Overall score of WALS (0–36) | 8.4 | 5.6 | 10.6 | 6.8 | 9.7 | 6.0 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 9.0 | 6.1 |
WPAI:RA | N = 73 | N = 52 | N = 72 | N = 75 | N = 272 | |||||
Normal Daily Activities | ||||||||||
% Daily activity impairment due to RA | 34.0 | 28.2 | 56.1 | 27.4 | 46.7 | 29.0 | 36.5 | 33.8 | 42.5 | 30.9 |
Professional Activities | ||||||||||
% Impairment while working due to RA (presenteeism)* | 23.9 | 23.9 | 32.6 | 26.8 | 40.5 | 32.2 | 23.1 | 28.5 | 29.5 | 28.8 |
% Work time missed due to RA (absenteeism)* | 12.0 | 27.5 | 5.8 | 23.5 | 7.5 | 21.6 | 8.4 | 18.8 | 9.0 | 23.2 |
% Overall work impairment due to RA (absenteeism and presenteeism)* | 10.3 | 25.0 | 5.9 | 23.9 | 7.6 | 21.9 | 8.9 | 20.3 | 8.6 | 22.6 |
WLQ-25 | N = 59 | N = 36 | N = 43 | N = 53 | N = 191 | |||||
% work impairment due to physical demands | 41.1 | 24.7 | 37.7 | 24.1 | 35.5 | 24.0 | 44.0 | 28.7 | 40.3 | 21.4 |
% work impairment due to time demands | 33.5 | 24.7 | 29.3 | 30.6 | 32.4 | 26.8 | 27.9 | 29.0 | 30.9 | 28.0 |
% work impairment due to output demands | 27.6 | 24.4 | 18.1 | 19.3 | 29.9 | 25.8 | 22.7 | 23.3 | 24.9 | 23.8 |
% work impairment due to mental-interpersonal demands | 20.1 | 21.9 | 15.2 | 18.0 | 20.9 | 24.8 | 16.1 | 20.1 | 18.2 | 23.8 |
WLQ-25 index (%) | 7.5 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 5.1 |