Considerations for Evaluating and Recommending Worker Productivity Outcome Measures: An Update from the OMERACT

Suzanne M M Verstappen1,2, Diane Lacaille3,4, Annelies Boonen3,4

  • 1From the Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre; UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester; Arthritis Research UK/Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Musculoskeletal Health and Work, University of Southampton, Southampton; National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS), Maidenhead, UK; Department of Medicine, and the Division of Rheumatology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, British Columbia; Institute for Work & Health; University of Toronto, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA; Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland; Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden; Carol Davila University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania; School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia. Suzanne.Verstappen@manchester.ac.uk.

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