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Unemployment in COPD: Results from the BOLD study
Conclusion: There was substantial variation in employment of COPD-patients, but the overall effect of COPD on unemployment was modest when we adjusted for geography, demographic factors and comorbidities.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 30, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Gronseth, R., Erdal, M., Tan, W. C., Gislason, T., Juvekar, S. K., Salvi, S., Koul, P. A., Hafizi, H., Vollmer, W. M., Studnicka, M., Obaseki, D., Buist, A. S., Johannessen, A. Tags: 6.1 Epidemiology Source Type: research

Unemployment risk among individuals undergoing medical treatment for chronic diseases
Conclusions The association between undergoing medical treatment for chronic disease and unemployment risk was observed only in participants with a higher degree of psychological distress and/or poorer levels of daily life activity.
Source: Occupational Medicine - February 17, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Nakaya, N., Nakamura, T., Tsuchiya, N., Tsuji, I., Hozawa, A., Tomita, H. Tags: Chronic disease Original Paper Source Type: research