Abstracts tagged "Work Disability and arthritis management"

Abstract Number: 2847 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
The Employment Experience Of People With Arthritis: Findings From An On-Line Survey
Monique A. Gignac^1,2,3, Elizabeth M. Badley^3,4, Lynn Moore⁵, Julie Bowring⁶ and Xingshan Cao⁷, ¹Divison of Health Care & Outcomes Research, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Health Care and Outcomes Research, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Programs and Services, The Arthritis Society, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Divison of Health Care & Outcomes Research, Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit , Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Understanding the employment experience and needs of people with arthritis is growing in importance as baby boomers make up an increasing proportion of the…