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

• Published in: Journal of occupational rehabilitation Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 74 - 81
• Main Authors: Bieleman, Hendrik J., Reneman, Michiel F., Drossaers-Bakker, K. Wiepke, Groothoff, Johan W., Oosterveld, Frits G. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.03.2013; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Age; Age Factors; Aged; Analysis; Arthritis; Clinical Psychology; Cohort analysis; Confidence Intervals; Education; Employment; Environmental Health; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Health care policy; Health Psychology; Health Status; Humans; Knee; Logistic Models; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Occupational health; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine; Odds Ratio; Original Paper; Orthopedics; Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis, Hip - physiopathology; Osteoarthritis, Knee - physiopathology; Pain; Population; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Rehabilitation; Rheumatoid arthritis; Self report; Sick Leave; Studies; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Time Factors; Work measurement; Workers with disabilities; Netherlands; Knee; Work participation; Cohort; Osteoarthritis; Hip

Objective To identify prognostic factors for the 2-year course of work participation in early osteoarthritis (OA) of hips or knees. Methods In this prospective cohort study, questionnaire data from 925 subjects was analyzed. Rate ratios were calculated to compare work participation with the general...