Mahlich J, Matsuoka K, Nakamura Y, Sruamsiri R
Health Economics, Janssen Pharmaceutical KK, 5-2, Nishi-kanda 3-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0065, Japan.
Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
BMC Public Health. 2017 Jul 4;17(1):623. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4516-0.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) constitutes a huge burden for patients and studies show that IBD patients have difficulties remaining in employment. Because there is no data about the unemployment of IBD patients in Japan.
We surveyed a representative sample of 1068 Japanese IBD patients regarding their employment status.
We found that the labor force participation rate is lower and unemployment higher for patients with IBD compared to the general population. Factors associated with unemployment in the IBD sample are older age, female gender, and the prevalence of depression.
IBD constitutes a high burden for patients in Japan regarding employment outcome.
炎症性肠病(IBD)给患者带来了巨大负担,研究表明IBD患者在维持就业方面存在困难。因为日本没有关于IBD患者失业情况的数据。
我们对1068名日本IBD患者的代表性样本进行了就业状况调查。
我们发现,与普通人群相比,IBD患者的劳动力参与率较低,失业率较高。IBD样本中与失业相关的因素包括年龄较大、女性以及抑郁症患病率。
在就业结果方面,IBD给日本患者带来了沉重负担。