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
Co-Chair

Diane Lacaille
Co-Chair

Suzanne Verstappen
Co-Chair

Ailsa Bosworth
PRP

Catherine Hofstetter
PRP

Marieke Voshaar
PRP
Working Group Publications
OMERACT Filter as Evidence Supporting the Measurement of At-Work Productivity Loss as an Outcome Measure in Rheumatology Research
Worker Productivity Outcome Measures: OMERACT Filter Evidence and Agenda for Future Research
Measuring the Impact of Arthritis on Worker Productivity: Perspectives, Methodologic Issues, and Contextual Factors
Measuring Worker Productivity: Frameworks and Measures
Worker Productivity Outcome Measures in Arthritis
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