%0 Journal Article %J J Alzheimers Dis %D 2017 %T Job Loss After Diagnosis of Early-Onset Dementia: A Matched Cohort Study. %A Sakata, Nobuo %A Okumura, Yasuyuki %X

Early-onset dementia (EOD) affects the employment of patients and family members. To demonstrate how likely employees are to leave their jobs after an EOD diagnosis for themselves or a family member, we conducted a matched cohort study of 143 employees and 77 family members diagnosed with EOD using a claims database. We matched these participants to 5 controls each, and followed them for approximately 600 days. In the employee cohort, patients with EOD were more likely to leave their jobs than were controls (hazard ratio: 2.26). This suggests that healthcare providers should offer employment support to patients just after diagnosis.

%B J Alzheimers Dis %V 60 %P 1231-1235 %8 2017 %G eng %N 4 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29036820?dopt=Abstract %R 10.3233/JAD-170478