The majority of the studies reported a high burden of work-related outcomes among inflammatory bowel disease patients regardless of the methodology used .
Inflammatory bowel disease patients experience a high burden in work-related outcomes .
BACKGROUND & AIMS Inflammatory bowel disease has considerable effects on work-related outcomes and leads to high societal costs due to sick leave and disability pension .
The aims of this study were to systematic ally review evidence on work-related outcomes that are relevant to productivity losses and to evaluate whether medical or surgical interventions have a positive impact on patients ' work ability .
Morbidity of juvenile onset inflammatory bowel disease: effects on education and employment in early adult life.
Seventy young adults ( 50 with Crohn 's disease ( CD ) and 20 with ulcerative colitis ( UC ) ( from a geographically derived cohort of patients with juvenile onset inflammatory bowel disease were interviewed and examined at a mean of 14 ( range 5.2 - 29.5 ) years after diagnosis .  Details of  education and employment  were collected as part of a structured clinical interview . Although 57 % had had periods of absence from school of two months or more , their school examination pass rates were similar to those of the healthy population . The achievements of CD patients were consistently better than those of the UC group . In 15 patients , relapses of inflammatory bowel disease had adversely affected examination performance or prevented them from sitting school examinations . Extra tuition in hospital had been provided for only four patients , and three others had had privately arranged tuition at home . Fifty per cent proceeded to full time higher education . At the time of review , seven patients were full time students , one was a university research fellow , 47 were in full time and three in part time employment , one was self employed , four were housewives , and only six were involuntarily unemployed . All four unemployed CD patients attributed this to inflammatory bowel disease , but other factors were relevant in the unemployed UC patients . Few had direct evidence of rejection by employers on health grounds , though some did not declare their illness to prospect i ve employers
The majority of the studies reported a high burden of work-related outcomes among inflammatory bowel disease patients regardless of the methodology used .
Inflammatory bowel disease patients experience a high burden in work-related outcomes .
BACKGROUND & AIMS Inflammatory bowel disease has considerable effects on work-related outcomes and leads to high societal costs due to sick leave and disability pension .
The aims of this study were to systematic ally review evidence on work-related outcomes that are relevant to productivity losses and to evaluate whether medical or surgical interventions have a positive impact on patients ' work ability .