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Ingemar Petersson, MD, PhD, Ass.professor Orthopedics and Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital

The socio-economic burden of RMDs - What policies are needed to improve work capacity and avoid disability in the European Union?. Ingemar Petersson, MD, PhD, Ass.professor Orthopedics and Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital Lund, Sweden Fit for Work Europe Coalition.

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Ingemar Petersson, MD, PhD, Ass.professor Orthopedics and Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital

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  1. The socio-economic burden of RMDs - What policies are needed to improve work capacity and avoid disability in the European Union? Ingemar Petersson, MD, PhD, Ass.professor Orthopedics and Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital Lund, Sweden Fit for Work Europe Coalition

  2. The socio-economic burden of RMDs • People with disabilities have an average employment rate of around 50%. • The European Commission estimates that RMDs account for half of all absences from work and for 60% of permanent work incapacity.

  3. TIMEMagazineMarch 21, 2011

  4. The occurence of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in south SwedenOverall prevalence Dec 31 2008 0.66% (www.morse.nu ) Englund, Jöud, Geborek, Felson, Jacobsson, Petersson. Rheumatology 2010;49:1563-9

  5. The occurence of Spondylarthridies (SpA)in south Sweden. Overall prevalence 0,45%www.morse.nu Haglund, Bremander, Petersson et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2011: in press

  6. Cases had an increased risk for sick leave compared with controls with a relative risk of 1.8; 95% CI 1.5, 2.1 • Cases had more days with sick leave than controls (median number of more days per year 30; 95% CI 2, 72).

  7. Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) • A focus on RMDs is • Just • in • TIME

  8. The socio-economic burden of RMDsWhat policies are needed to improve work capacity and avoid disability in the European Union? • The last decade • Major changes for minor groups of patients with RMDs within the EU • This decade • Major changes for MAJOR groups of patients with RMDs within the EU • And so EULAR and Fit for Work have drafted key recommendations for national governments

  9. The socio-economic burden of RMDsWhat policies are needed to improve work capacity and avoid disability in the European Union? Some national examples from Sweden

  10. National Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of RMDs Rehabiliteringsrådet

  11. National Program (Sweden) for Multimodal Rehabilitation of patients with Low Back Pain Significant improvement in Health Related Quality of Life, Function and Work ability after 3 months

  12. Osteoarthritis: Treatment algoritm and sick leave (after surgery) (Petersson et al ACR 2009) Few operation Some pharmacotherapy assistive devices ALL information, education, training/physical activity, weight loss

  13. Substantial and sustained decrease in sick leave among RA-patients first 12 months after start of treatment with TNF-antagonists Tor Olofsson, Martin Englund, Tore Saxne, Anna Jöud, Lennart T.H. Jacobsson, Pierre Geborek, SaralynnAllaire, Ingemar F. Petersson. Ann Rheum Dis 2010 Dec;69(12):2131-6. Epub 2010 Aug 6

  14. Sick Leave in patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) treated with TNF blockers 2004-2007 in south Sweden as compared to controls Kristensen LE, Petersson IF, Geborek P, Jöud A, Saxne T, Jacobsson LTH, Englund M. Sick leave in patients with ankylosingspondylitis before and after anti-TNF therapy: a population-based cohort study. Rheumatology 2011: accepted for publication

  15. No days of sick leave per individual and year, 2006-2009 in Sweden

  16. The socio-economic burden of RMDsWhat policies are needed to improve work capacity and avoid disability in the European Union? We believe that it is crucial to shift RMDs from disabling conditions to manageable conditions, and that this should be reflected in the Council Conclusions on the European Disability Strategy.

  17. A better life for patients with RMDs … Life. Marc Chagall, Fondation Maeght, Nice

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