The assessment of presenteeism and activity impairment in Behçet's syndrome and recurrent aphthous stomatitis : a multicentre study

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate key factors for presenteeism and activity impairment in multinational patients with Behçet's syndrome (BS) and recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS).

METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 364 BS patients from Jordan, Brazil, the United Kingdom and Turkey and 143 RAS patients from the United Kingdom and Turkey were included. The Work Productivity Activity Impairment (WPAI) scale was used for presenteeism and activity impairment. Mediation analyses were performed to evaluate both direct and indirect causal effects.

RESULTS: Presenteeism score was higher in active patients with genital ulcers and eye involvement as well as patients with comorbidities and current smokers than the others in BS (P < 0.05). In RAS, presenteeism score was elevated by oral ulcer activity in the direct path (P = 0.0073) and long disease duration as a mediator in the indirect path (P = 0.0191). Patients with active joint involvement had poor scores in absenteeism, presenteeism, overall impairment and activity impairment compared with those of inactive patients (P < 0.05). Using mediation analysis, the activity impairment score was directly mediated by joint activity (P = 0.0001) and indirectly mediated through oral ulcer-related pain in BS (P = 0.0309).

CONCLUSION: In BS, presenteeism was associated with disease activity, presence of comorbidities and being a current smoker, whereas in RAS, presenteeism was associated with oral ulcer activity and increased length of the disease. Moreover, activity impairment was adversely affected by joint activity and oral ulcer related pain in BS. Patients need to be empowered by using appropriate treatment strategies in their working environment and daily life.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 61(2022), 4 vom: 11. Apr., Seite 1538-1547

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Karacayli, Umit [VerfasserIn]
Adesanya, Adebowale [VerfasserIn]
Aksoy, Aysun [VerfasserIn]
Belem, Joice M F M [VerfasserIn]
Cardin, Natália Borges [VerfasserIn]
Sarı, Fatma Busra [VerfasserIn]
Beyhan, Tuğba Emine [VerfasserIn]
Çelik, Zülal [VerfasserIn]
Karacayli, Ceren [VerfasserIn]
Alibaz-Öner, Fatma [VerfasserIn]
Inanç, Nevsun [VerfasserIn]
Ergun, Tülin [VerfasserIn]
Yay, Meral [VerfasserIn]
Madanat, Wafa [VerfasserIn]
Silva de Souza, Alexandre Wagner [VerfasserIn]
Fortune, Farida [VerfasserIn]
Direskeneli, Haner [VerfasserIn]
Mumcu, Gonca [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aphthous stomatitis
Behçet’s syndrome
Daily activity
Journal Article
Mediation analysis
Multicenter Study
Presenteeism
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 13.04.2022

Date Revised 25.05.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/rheumatology/keab581

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328340391