Abstracts tagged "Employment status"

Abstract Number: 0812 • ACR Convergence 2021
Are Biologic and Targeted Synthetic Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs Associated with Work Participation Improvement in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Mary Lucy Marques¹, Alessia Alunno², Louise Falzon³, Annelies Boonen⁴ and Sofia Ramiro¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, ³Center for Personalized Health, Northwell Health, New York City, NY, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Treatment of early RA with DMARDs is associated with particularly effective responses, resulting in sustained beneficial outcomes, including clinical and radiographic remission and optimal…