PGI31 The Maintenance of Work-related Productivity During One Year of MMX Mesalamine Treatment for Patients with Quiescent Ulcerative Colitis
| Autor: | Paul Hodgkins, Robyn Karlstadt, Linnette Yen, Aaron Yarlas, Sunanda V. Kane, Dory Solomon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain Work productivity business.industry Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Disease medicine.disease Gastroenterology Work related Ulcerative colitis Disease activity medicine.anatomical_structure Internal medicine medicine Large intestine medicine.symptom business Productivity |
| Zdroj: | Value in Health. 14:A397 |
| ISSN: | 1098-3015 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jval.2011.08.902 |
| Popis: | ● Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic incurable disease characterized by inflammation of the large intestine ● Patients with UC experience a number of symptoms, including abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, diarrhoea, and fatigue, that can potentially impact their work-related outcomes (WRO), such as work productivity ● There is some evidence that patients with active UC whose level of disease activity is decreased as a result of treatment exhibit improvements in WRO1,2 ● However, no studies have examined the impact of maintenance treatment on WRO in patients with quiescent UC |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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