Patients with rheumatoid arthritis facing sick leave or work disability meet varying regulations: a study among rheumatologists and patients from 44 European countries

Polina Putrik; Sofia Ramiro; Francis Guillemin; Márta Péntek; Francisca Sivera; Tuulikki Sokka; Maarten de Wit; Anthony D Woolf; Angela Zink; Daina Andersone; Florian Berghea; Irena Butrimiene; Sandra Brouwer; Karen Cassar; Paraskevi Charalambous; Roberto Caporali; Elena Deseatnicova; Nemanja S Damjanov; Axel Finckh; Oliver FitzGerald; Gerður Gröndal; Nino Gobejishjvili; Piotr Gluszko; Marco Hirsch; Igor Jovanovic; Jiří Vencovský; Xavier Janssens; Andras P Keszei; Maria Kovarova; Mart Kull; Luís Cunha Miranda; Miroslav Mayer; Snezana Misevska - Percinkova; Nevsun Inanc; Oleg Nadashkevich; Ingemar F Petersson; Kari Puolakka; Bernadette Rojkovich; Helga Radner; Fruzsina Szabados; Gleb Slobodin; Ivan Shirinsky; Nikolay Soroka; Prodromos Sidiropoulos; Russka Shumnalieva; Sekib Sokolovic; Surayo Shukurova; Argjend Tafaj; Matija Tomšič; Till Uhlig; Suzanne M M Verstappen; Annelies Boonen

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215294

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Rheumatoid arthritis

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis facing sick leave or work disability meet varying regulations: a study among rheumatologists and patients from 44 European countries

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Polina Putrik Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University, CAPHRI and Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sofia Ramiro Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands Rheumatology, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Francis Guillemin APEMAC unit, University of Lorraine, Nancy, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Márta Péntek Department of Health Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Rheumatology, Flór Ferenc County Hospital, Kistarcsa, Hungary PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Francisca Sivera Rheumatology, Hospital Genral Universitario de Elda, Alicante, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tuulikki Sokka Department of Medicine, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maarten de Wit Medical Humanities, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anthony D Woolf Rheumatology, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Angela Zink Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Centre and Rheumatology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Daina Andersone Rheumatology, Pauls Stradina Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Florian Berghea Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Irena Butrimiene Clinic of Rheumatology, Orthopedics Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery, Institute Clinical Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sandra Brouwer Department of Community and Occupational Medicine, Groningen UMC, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Karen Cassar Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, Msida, Malta PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Paraskevi Charalambous Cyprus Society for Rheumatology, Nicosia, Cyprus PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Roberto Caporali IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Elena Deseatnicova Rheumatology, State Medical and Pharmaceutical University Nicolae Testemitanu, Chisinau, Moldova (the Republic of) PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nemanja S Damjanov Rheumatology, University of Belgrade School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Axel Finckh Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Oliver FitzGerald Rheumatology, St Vincents University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gerður Gröndal Center for Rheumatology Research, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nino Gobejishjvili Rheumatology, Health Center of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Piotr Gluszko Department of Rheumatology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marco Hirsch Rheumatology, Hôpitaux Robert Schuman, Luxemburg, Luxembourg PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Igor Jovanovic Rheumatology, Filipovic polyclinic, Podgorica, Montenegro PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jiří Vencovský Institute of Rheumatology and Dept. of Rheumatology, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Xavier Janssens Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andras P Keszei Center for Translational & Clinical Research Aachen (CTC-A), Medical Faculty RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maria Kovarova Rheumatology, St.CM University, Trnava, Slovakia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mart Kull Rheumatology, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia Internal Medicine, Viljandi Hospital, Tartu, Estonia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Luís Cunha Miranda Rheumatology, Portuguese Institute of Rheumatology, Lisbon, Portugal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Miroslav Mayer Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Snezana Misevska - Percinkova Rheumatology, University Rheumatology Clinic, Skopje, North Macedonia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nevsun Inanc Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Oleg Nadashkevich Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ingemar F Petersson Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden Skåne University Hospital, Lund and Malmö, Lund, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kari Puolakka Department of Medicine, South Karelia Central Hospital, Lappeenranta, Finland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bernadette Rojkovich Rheumatology, Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Helga Radner Internal Medicine III, Department of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Fruzsina Szabados Rheumatology, North Denmark Regional Hospital, Hjørring, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gleb Slobodin Rheumatology Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ivan Shirinsky Laboratory of Clinical Immunopharmacology, Institute of Fundamental and Clinical Immunology, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nikolay Soroka Internal Medicine, Society of Internal Medicine of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Prodromos Sidiropoulos Rheumatology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Russka Shumnalieva Clinic of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sekib Sokolovic Rheumatology, Clinic of Heart and Rheumatic Diseases, Clinical Center University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Surayo Shukurova Internal Medicine, Medical Science Academy, Dushanbe, Tajikistan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Argjend Tafaj Rheumatology clinic, Medical University Of Tirana, "Nene Tereza" Hospital, Tirane, Albania PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Matija Tomšič Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Till Uhlig Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Suzanne M M Verstappen Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK Arthritis Research UK/MRC Centre for Musculoskeletal Health and Work, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Annelies Boonen Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University, CAPHRI and Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Polina Putrik,Rheumatology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands; polina.putrik{at}gmail.com

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Putrik P, Ramiro S, Guillemin F, et al

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis facing sick leave or work disability meet varying regulations: a study among rheumatologists and patients from 44 European countries

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2019;78:1472-1479.

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Received February 26, 2019
Revised July 1, 2019
Accepted July 25, 2019
First published August 19, 2019.

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May 12, 2021

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