Cure8 research brief
Patients with newly diagnosed UC and CD had higher risk of receiving work-assessment allowance within the first year; psychosocial factors like self-efficacy and HRQoL were linked to work disability risk, suggesting possible targets to help preserve work ability.
Newly diagnosed adult IBD patients (UC and CD), clinicians and occupational health professionals, rehabilitation specialists, and researchers focused on functional outcomes.
This population-based inception cohort study compared rates of work disability (defined as receiving work assessment allowance or disability pension) in patients with newly diagnosed Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) to the general population at diagnosis and after 1 year.
At diagnosis, work assessment allowance (AAP) risk was higher in UC overall and in CD patients aged 30–39. At 1 year, AAP risk was higher for both UC and CD; disability pension (DP) rates were similar to the background population.
The study found that higher general self-efficacy and better health-related quality of life were linked to lower odds of receiving work disability benefits, while disease-activity measures were not strongly associated. Older age, comorbidities, and lower educational level were associated with greater odds of work disability among UC patients.
Summary is based on the article abstract from Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (population-based cohort). The results are associative and based on registry-defined benefits (AAP, DP); read the full paper for methods, limitations, and local applicability.
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