About the Worker Productivity Working Group

Quantifying restrictions in worker participation, including absenteeism, sick leave, and presenteeism (i.e., reduced productivity because of ill health), is an important outcome from a patient’s perspective and is increasingly seen as a health outcome to target for improvement. People with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) can experience variable levels of presenteeism and absenteeism depending on their health status, job demands, or other personal or environmental contextual factors.

During the last 8 years, the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Worker Productivity Group has evaluated available measures to assess worker productivity loss, initiated new research to fill in knowledge gaps regarding psychometric properties, and appraised these measures against the OMERACT Filter 2.1

Reuben Escorpizo

Reuben Escorpizo

Co-Chair

Diane Lacaille

Diane Lacaille

Co-Chair

Suzanne Verstappen

Suzanne Verstappen

Co-Chair

Andre Luquini

Casper Webers

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Ailsa Bosworth

PRP

cathis hofstetter

Catherine Hofstetter

PRP

Marieke Scholte-Voshaar

Marieke Voshaar

PRP

Working Group Members:

Adena Batterman
Adewale Adebajo
Ailsa Bosworth
Alena Pechonkina
Alireza Meysami
Andre Luquini
Angie Botto-van Bemden
Annelies Boonen
Anupam Wakhlu
Aya Akmal Amin
Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia
Casper Webers
Catherine Hofstetter
Christine Diven
Christoph Pohl
Clesmanya Pereira
Dario Scublinsky
Deborah Marshall
Denise Bury
Diane Lacaille
Dorcas Beaton
Florin Berghea
Ilfita Sahbudin

Jane Hayes
Jasvinder Singh
Josephine Park
Joy Macdermid
Kristina Harris
Lara Maxwell
Laurie Proulx
Lily Lim
Maria Agaliotis
Marieke Voshaar
Maxine Isbel
Mayuredh Pathak
Monique Gignac
Nino Tsiskarishvili
Patricia Hurley
Peter Tugwell
Raashid Luqmani
Reuben Escorpizo
Shannan OHara-lwvi
Shawna Grosskleg
Stacey Grealis
Suzanne Verstappen
Tamer Gheita

Interested in joining the working group as a member?

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We look forward to your valuable contributions and active participation in our community.

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