The Relationship between Gender, Severity of Disease, Treatment Type, and Employment Outcome in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Israel

Joint Authors

Milgrom, Yael
Shirin, Haim
Naftali, Timna
Eindor-Abarbanel, Adi
Ruhimovich, Nahum
Bar-Gil Shitrit, Ariella
Sklerovsky-Benjaminov, Fabiana
Konikoff, Fred
Matalon, Shay
Ziv-Baran, Tomer
Broide, Efrat

Source

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Issue

Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-5, 5 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2018-09-09

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

5

Main Subjects

Diseases
Medicine

Abstract EN

Introduction.

Since individuals with IBD typically experience symptoms during their prime years of employment, it raises the question about IBD impact on employment status.

Most studies concentrated on absenteeism from work with varying results in different populations.

However, absenteeism reflects only one dimension of the ability to work and does not expose the problem of inability to hold a full-time job.

Aims.

To evaluate the influence of IBD on unemployment and working hours in Israel.

Secondary aims were to investigate the correlation between working hours and the type of medical treatment and the impact of severity of disease.

Patients and Methods.

Demographic data, employment status, number of weekly working hours, and disease parameters.

The data was compared to that of the general Israeli population extracted from the website of the Central Bureau of Statistics.

Results.

242 IBD patients were interviewed.

Patients median age was 37.04(IQR 30.23-44.68) years and 88 (36.4%) were men and 154 (63.6%) women.

Diagnosis of CD was established in 167 (69%) patients and UC in 65 (26.9%).

There was no significant reduction in employment rates or working hours among the IBD patients comparing to the general population.

Immunosuppressive or biologic treatment did not influence employment status.

The unemployed patients had higher disease severity (median 7.33, IQR 5-10.66) compared to employed patients (median 6, IQR 3.66-7.66; p=0.003).

Conclusions.

Although IBD patients in Israel do not have higher unemployment, those with severe disease have lower proportion of employment.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Naftali, Timna& Eindor-Abarbanel, Adi& Ruhimovich, Nahum& Bar-Gil Shitrit, Ariella& Sklerovsky-Benjaminov, Fabiana& Konikoff, Fred…[et al.]. 2018. The Relationship between Gender, Severity of Disease, Treatment Type, and Employment Outcome in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Israel. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Naftali, Timna…[et al.]. The Relationship between Gender, Severity of Disease, Treatment Type, and Employment Outcome in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Israel. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Naftali, Timna& Eindor-Abarbanel, Adi& Ruhimovich, Nahum& Bar-Gil Shitrit, Ariella& Sklerovsky-Benjaminov, Fabiana& Konikoff, Fred…[et al.]. The Relationship between Gender, Severity of Disease, Treatment Type, and Employment Outcome in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Israel. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130946

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1130946