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Birmingham COPD Cohort : a cross-sectional analysis of the factors associated with the likelihood of being in paid employment among people with COPD

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Rai, Kiran K., Jordan, Rachel E., Siebert, W Stanley, Sadhra, Steven S., Fitzmaurice, David A., Sitch, Alice J., Ayres, Jon G. and Adab, Peymané (2017) Birmingham COPD Cohort : a cross-sectional analysis of the factors associated with the likelihood of being in paid employment among people with COPD. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 12 . pp. 233-242. doi:10.2147/COPD.S119467 ISSN 1178-2005.

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Abstract

Background:

Employment rates among those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are lower than those without COPD, but little is known about the factors that affect COPD patients’ ability to work.

Methods:

Multivariable analysis of the Birmingham COPD Cohort Study baseline data was used to assess the associations between lifestyle, clinical, and occupational characteristics and likelihood of being in paid employment among working-age COPD patients.

Results:

In total, 608 of 1,889 COPD participants were of working age, of whom 248 (40.8%) were in work. Older age (60–64 years vs 30–49 years: odds ratio [OR] =0.28; 95% confidence interval [CI] =0.12–0.65), lower educational level (no formal qualification vs degree/higher level: OR =0.43; 95% CI =0.19–0.97), poorer prognostic score (highest vs lowest quartile of modified body mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise (BODE) score: OR =0.10; 95% CI =0.03–0.33), and history of high occupational exposure to vapors, gases, dusts, or fumes (VGDF; high VGDF vs no VGDF exposure: OR =0.32; 95% CI =0.12–0.85) were associated with a lower probability of being employed. Only the degree of breathlessness of BODE was significantly associated with employment.

Conclusion:

This is the first study to comprehensively assess the characteristics associated with employment in a community sample of people with COPD. Future interventions should focus on managing breathlessness and reducing occupational exposures to VGDF to improve the work capability among those with COPD.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive -- Patients -- Employment -- Birmingham (England)
Journal or Publication Title: International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Publisher: Dove Medical Press
ISSN: 1178-2005
Official Date: 11 January 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
11 January 2017Published
10 October 2016Accepted
Volume: 12
Page Range: pp. 233-242
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S119467
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 23 November 2017
Date of first compliant Open Access: 24 November 2017
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
Grant Number RP-PG-0109-10061National Institute for Health Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272

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