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Treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease prior to early permanent detachment from the workforce

Peter Ascanius Jacobsen, Kristian Kragholm, Ulla Møller Weinreich, Christian Torp-Pedersen
European Respiratory Journal 2021 58: PA3507; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA3507
Peter Ascanius Jacobsen
1Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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Kristian Kragholm
1Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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Ulla Møller Weinreich
1Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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Christian Torp-Pedersen
2Hillerød Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark
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Abstract

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are vulnerable to early retirement from the workforce.

Aims: The aim is to investigate whether COPD patients have received treatment for COPD prior to detachment from the workforce and how long they were treated before leaving the workforce.

Method: This nationwide Danish epidemiologic study includes patients, 35-64 years old, at the time of first admission to the hospital with an exacerbation of COPD between 1999 to 2015. Registry data on prescriptions were available from 1995. Patients with detachment prior to 1996 were therefore excluded. Patients receiving early retirement (including early retirement and early voluntary retirement benefit (available from the age of 60)) at first admission were included in the study. Date of first early retirement benefit and first prescription of inhaled airway medication (INHA) (long or short acting adrenergic agonists, long or short acting anticholinergic and inhaled corticosteroids) were registered. Time from first prescription to detachment was calculated in patients receiving airway medication prior to detachment.

Results: A total of 8,392 COPD patients, 52% females, were included in the study. The median age was 60 years at first admission. A total of 4,795(57%) had received (INHA) before early retirement, with a median time from first prescription to early retirement of 1,529 days, interquartile range (679–2.806 days).

Conclusion: Half of COPD patients received INHA with a median time of first prescription more than four years before detachment from the workforce. Early actions to maintain COPD patients’ workforce connection including treatment optimization should be considered.

  • COPD
  • Occupation
  • Exacerbation

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Cite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2021; 58: Suppl. 65, PA3507.

This abstract was presented at the 2021 ERS International Congress, in session “Prediction of exacerbations in patients with COPD”.

This is an ERS International Congress abstract. No full-text version is available. Further material to accompany this abstract may be available at www.ers-education.org (ERS member access only).

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Peter Ascanius Jacobsen, Kristian Kragholm, Ulla Møller Weinreich, Christian Torp-Pedersen
European Respiratory Journal Sep 2021, 58 (suppl 65) PA3507; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA3507

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Peter Ascanius Jacobsen, Kristian Kragholm, Ulla Møller Weinreich, Christian Torp-Pedersen
European Respiratory Journal Sep 2021, 58 (suppl 65) PA3507; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA3507
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