wow-inequalities/02-data/intermediate/wos_sample/8aa256a4110022620a4d684f7ca2956b-kessler-rc-and-gree/info.yaml

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abstract: 'Although work performance has become an important outcome in
cost-of-illness studies, little is known about the comparative effects
of different commonly occurring chronic conditions on work impairment in
general population samples. Such data are presented here from a
large-scale nationally representative general population survey. The
data are from the MacArthur Foundation Midlife Development in the United
States (MIDUS) survey, a nationally representative telephone-mail survey
of 3032 respondents in the age range of 25 to 74 years. The 2074 survey
respondents in the age range of 25 to 54 years are the focus of the
current report. The data collection included a chronic-conditions
checklist and questions about how many days out of the past 30 each
respondent was either totally unable to work or perform normal
activities because of health problems (work-loss days) ol had to cut
back on these activities because of health problems (work-cutback days).
Regression analysis was used to estimate the effects of conditions on
work impairments, controlling for sociodemographics. At least one
illness-related work-loss or work-cutback day in the past 30 days was
reported by 22.4\% of respondents, with a monthly average of 6.7 such
days among those with any work impairment. This is equivalent to an
annualized national estimate of over 2.5 billion work-impairment days in
the age range of the sample. Cancer is associated with by far the
highest reported prevalence of any impairment (66.2\%) and the highest
conditional number of impairment days in the past 30 (16.4 days). Other
conditions associated with high odds of any impairment include ulcers,
major depression, and panic disorder, whereas other conditions
associated with a large conditional number of impairment days include
heart disease and high blood pressure. Comorbidities involving
combinations of arthritis, ulcers, mental disorders, and substance
dependence are associated with higher impairments than expected on the
basis of an additive model. The effects of conditions do not differ
systematically across subsamples defined on the basis of age, sex,
education, or employment status. The enormous magnitude of the work
impairment associated with chronic conditions and the economic
advantages of interventions for ill workers that reduce work impairments
should be factored into employer cost-benefit calculations of expanding
health insurance coverage. Given the enormous work impairment associated
with cancer and the fact that the vast majority of employed people who
are diagnosed with cancer stay in the workforce through at least part of
their course of treatment, interventions aimed at reducing the workplace
costs of this illness should be a priority.'
affiliation: 'Kessler, RC (Corresponding Author), Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth
Care Policy, 180 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Care Policy, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
Kent State Univ, Dept Psychol, Kent, OH 44242 USA.
Brigham \& Womens Hosp, Div Pharmacoepidemiol \& Pharmacoecon, Boston, MA 02115
USA.'
author: Kessler, RC and Greenberg, PE and Mickelson, KD and Meneades, LM and Wang,
PS
author_list:
- family: Kessler
given: RC
- family: Greenberg
given: PE
- family: Mickelson
given: KD
- family: Meneades
given: LM
- family: Wang
given: PS
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1097/00043764-200103000-00009
files: []
issn: 1076-2752
journal: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
keywords-plus: 'QUALITY-OF-LIFE; BREAST-CANCER; DEPRESSION; IMPACT; PREVALENCE;
DISABILITY; WORKPLACE'
language: English
month: MAR
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '24'
orcid-numbers: 'Mickelson, Kristin/0000-0001-8946-2356
Mickelson, Kristin/0000-0002-1833-9147'
pages: 218-225
papis_id: 69364979556e3cd5b6f97d8839ef5c92
ref: Kessler2001effectschronic
times-cited: '336'
title: The effects of chronic medical conditions on work loss and work cutback
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000167682700009
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '33'
volume: '43'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2001'