THE IMPACT OF DISEASE ACTIVITY AND PAIN LEVEL ON PRODUCTIVITY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA) PATIENTS

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disabling and progressive chronic autoimmunedisease with associated burden intermsof workdisability. Objectives: To investigate the impact that RA associated pain and disease activity have on the level of work impairment patients experience, using data from the Burden of Rheumatoid Arthritis across Europe: a Socioeconomic Survey (BRASS). Methods: Data were extracted from BRASS, a societal perspective observational RA dataset across 10 European countries (EU5, Denmark, Sweden, Hungary, Poland and Romania). 476 RA specialising clinicians provided information on 4,079 adult patients; of these, 2,087 patients