作者
Catherine Le Berre, Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, Anne Buisson, Alain Olympie, Marie-Hélène Ravel, Christina Bienenfeld, Florent Gonzalez
发表日期
2019/7/1
期刊
Digestive and Liver Disease
卷号
51
期号
7
页码范围
961-966
出版商
WB Saunders
简介
Background
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) affect working-age patients. Data was lacking concerning the impact on working life.
Aims
The French IBD patient association conducted a nationwide survey to assess the burden of IBD at work.
Methods
An online survey was performed in 2016, targeting IBD patients working or having worked previously. The results were compared to those observed in the general population.
Results
Data from 1410 IBD patients were analyzed (62% Crohn’s disease, 35% ulcerative colitis). Four-fifth of respondents were actively employed. Half of them stated that working with IBD was a problem. Compared to the general population, IBD employees had higher rates of permanent contracts, public employment but also of part-time contracts, and highly graduated patients were less likely to reach high qualified jobs. Among the disabling symptoms at work, fatigue was the most frequent (41 …
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