Socioeconomic status is associated with symptom severity and sickness absence in people with infectious intestinal disease in the UK

Socioeconomic status is associated with symptom severity and sickness absence in people with infectious intestinal disease in the UK

Abstract Background The burden of infectious intestinal disease (IID) in the UK is substantial. Negative consequences including sickness absence are common, but little is known about the social patterning of these outcomes, or the extent to which they relate to disease severity. Methods We performed...

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Main Authors: Tanith C. Rose, Natalie L. Adams, Benjamin Barr, Jeremy Hawker, Sarah J. O’Brien, Mara Violato, Margaret Whitehead, David C. Taylor-Robinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Socioeconomic factors
Occupation
Infectious intestinal disease
Diarrhoea
Sick leave
Symptom severity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2551-1

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