Volume 144, Issue 3, Pages 536-543 (March 2013) Patients With Ulcerative Colitis Miss More Days of Work Than the General Population, Even Following Colectomy  Martin Neovius, Elizabeth V. Arkema, Paul Blomqvist, Anders Ekbom, Karin E. Smedby  Gastroenterology  Volume 144, Issue 3, Pages 536-543 (March 2013) DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.12.004 Copyright © 2013 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Proportion of patients on any disability pension or sick leave in 2005 in the Swedish register–identified UC population (n = 19,557) and in matched general population comparators (n = 97,785) matched 5:1 by age, sex, education, and county. The colectomy subgroup refers to patients with UC who have undergone a colectomy. Their general population comparators are matched by age, sex, education, and county but not colectomy status. The bars represent a mix of full-time and part-time sick leave and disability pension. Some sick leave episodes ≤14 days were not captured due to the 1-day waiting period and the 13-day sick pay period, which could be waived only under certain circumstances. Gastroenterology 2013 144, 536-543DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2012.12.004) Copyright © 2013 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Distribution of days on sick leave and disability pension in 2005 in the Swedish register–identified UC population and in matched general population comparators matched 5:1 by age, sex, education, and county. For 157 patients, we were unable to identify matched comparators. These 157 patients were dropped. “0” days may include sick leave episodes ≤14 days. Gastroenterology 2013 144, 536-543DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2012.12.004) Copyright © 2013 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Patients with register-identified UC who underwent colectomy between 1998 and 2002 (n = 807) and matched general population comparators in a longitudinal analysis of annual days of sick leave and disability pension from 3 years before to 3 years after colectomy matched 5:1 by age, sex, education, and county. Some sick leave episodes ≤14 days were not captured due to the 1-day waiting period and the 13-day sick pay period, which could be waived only under certain circumstances. The figures show the full distribution of days in categories including median and 75th percentile days (upper and middle panels) and mean days (lower panel). Gastroenterology 2013 144, 536-543DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2012.12.004) Copyright © 2013 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Mean, median, and 75th percentile days of sick leave and disability pension by type of initial surgery in register-identified patients with UC who underwent colectomy between 1998 and 2002. Some sick leave episodes ≤14 days were not captured due to the 1-day waiting period and the 13-day sick pay period, which could be waived only under certain circumstances. Pouch includes patients who first had a colectomy and ileostomy followed by a pouch operation within 2 years. Gastroenterology 2013 144, 536-543DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2012.12.004) Copyright © 2013 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions