Prognostic Factors for Sustained Work Participation in Early Osteoarthritis: A Follow-Up Study in the Cohort Hip and Cohort Knee (CHECK)

Abstract

The 2-year course of work participation of people with early OA was similar to the general Dutch population. Sustained work participation was predicted by lower age, not by OA related factors.

Burden of reduced work productivity among people with chronic knee pain: a systematic review

“…Nineteen studies met the inclusion criteria. Bieleman et al 18 19 reported data from the same study population in two published papers: one providing baseline data from a cross-sectional survey, the other a 2-year follow-up longitudinal study. Andersen et al 20 21 reported on the same cohort population but at different follow-up periods, one at 3 months and the other after 1 year.…”

“…23 Twelve studies (71%) evaluated subjects with a self-diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis7 18 24–26 or knee pain20 27–32 while five studies (29%) confirmed the presence of knee osteoarthritis by a clinical diagnosis 22 23 33–35. Seven studies (47%)7 23 24 29 32 33 35 conducted population-based surveys or used population registries, while five studies (29%)18 22 25 26 34 recruited participants from clinics and five studies (29%) were occupation-specific cohorts 20 27 28 30 31…”

“…There were 10 (59%) cross-sectional studies7 24 25 27 29–33 35 and 5 (29%) prospective cohort studies: three with a 12-month follow-up,20 23 28 one with a 2-year follow-up18 and the other with a 12-week follow-up 34. The other 2 (12%) studies were retrospective in design 22 26.…”

“…The other 2 (12%) studies were retrospective in design 22 26. In all, 8 (47%) studies were published in the last 5 years7 18 20 23 25 27 28 30 and 6 (35%)22 26 31–34 5–10 years ago and 3 (18%)24 29 35 more than 10 years ago.…”

“…Overall, 10 (59%)18 22 23 25–27 29 32–34 of the 17 included studies evaluated the prevalence of sick leave or work absenteeism, while 4 (24%) studies reported the average number of sick leave days (table 1). 22 23 26 34 Absenteeism was obtained from self-constructed questionnaires in eight studies,22 25–27 29 32–34 five were self-administered,25 27 29 32 33 two were face-to-face interviews22 26 and one conducted weekly telephone interviews 34.…”