Table 3.

Pooled proportions [percentages] of non-WPAI work-related outcomes.

Work outcome	No. of studies	Pooled percentage [95% CI]	Heterogeneity [I2]
Employment
Total IBD	73	65.6% [61.9-69.3]	99.7
CD only	36	63.5% [57.9-69.0]	99
UC only	35	68.1% [64.9-73.3]	99.6
Unemploymenta
Total IBD	51	16.4% [14.5-18.3]	98.7
CD only	22	15.2% [11.8-18.6]	98
UC only	25	13.0% [10.2-15.8]	98.3
% reporting sick days
Total IBD	25	39.5% [16.8-62.3]	99.9
CD only	10	28.5% [22.8-34.2]	99.3
UC only	15	34.8% [5.1-64.5]	99.9
% Disability due to IBD
Total IBD	28	21.3% [16.6-26.0]	99.3
CD only	16	21.0% [14.6-27.4]	98.8
UC only	15	17.8% [12.0-23.6]	98.8
% Disability pensions
Total IBD	23	12.3% [10.7-13.9]	96.7
CD only	10	14.4% [12.0-16.8]	95.2
UC only	10	9.7% [6.4%-13.0]	98.3
% losing jobs due to IBD	4	29.6% [19.0-40.1]
Total IBD			98.8

WPAI, Work Productivity and Activity Impairment questionnaire; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; UC, ulcerative colitis; CD, Crohn’s disease.

^aPatient employment data was not solely limited to employment vs unemployment. Accordingly, unemployment was analyzed as a separate outcome [as opposed to 1-employment]