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Table 5 Differences in WPAI scores between UC patient subgroups differing on health status

From: Psychometric validation of the work productivity and activity impairment questionnaire in ulcerative colitis: results from a systematic literature review

 

Group mean differences in WPAI domain scores

Study

N

Predictor

Comparison

Absenteeism

Presenteeism

OWI

Activity Impairment

Gibson 2014 [31]

175

Remission status (partial Mayo)

Active vs Remission

20.3

13.4

17.2

27.8

Vaizey 2014 [34]

173

Remission status (partial Mayo)

Active vs Remission

22.8

21.2

26.4

29.7

Katz Avitan 2016 [39]

150

Remission status (SCCAI)

Active vs Remission

24.5

36.7

42.1

–

van Assche 2015 [35]

242

Remission status (self-perceived)

Active vs Remission

10.4

22.0

23.0

24.0

Yarlas 2015b [37]

180

Remission status, Month 12 (UC-DAI)

Active vs Remission

11.7

25.6

34.3

26.5

Yarlas 2015b [37]

258

Remission status, Week 8 (UC-DAI)

Active vs Remission

7.4

22.6

26.7

26.0

Yarlas 2014 [41]

180

Remission status (UC-DAI)

Active vs Remission

5.0

5.3

11.1

9.7

Yarlas 2014 [41]

180

Improved rectal bleeding (UC-DAI)

Not improved vs improved

6.3

7.8

12.2

12.3

Yarlas 2014 [41]

180

Improved stool frequency (UC-DAI)

Not improved vs improved

12.5

13.8

20.0

19.2

Yarlas 2015a [36]

146

Clinical symptom recurrence (UC-DAI)

Recurrent vs Non-recurrent

−0.9

12.7

12.5

9.2

Cohen 2014 [30]

95

Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue)

Fatigue vs Non-fatigue

11.3

23.9

23.8

25.7

Weighted mean differencea

11.7

18.5

22.7

21.3

Median difference

11.3

21.2

23.0

24.9

Percentage of values exceeding CIC

73%

91%

100%

100%

  1. CIC clinically important change; FACIT Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy; OWI Overall Work Impairment; SCCAI Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index; UC, ulcerative colitis; UC-DAI Ulcerative Colitis – Disease Activity Index; WPAI Work Productivity and Activity Impairment questionnaire
  2. aWeighted by sample size
  3. --Reported value were not within the valid range (i.e., was > 100)
  4. Values printed in BOLD indicate mean differences exceeding the CIC threshold of 7% [27]