• Ryan Lian, Vinicius Cavalheri, Jamie Wood, Sue Jenkins, Leon M Straker, and Kylie Hill.
• School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia.
• Respir Care. 2019 Sep 1; 64 (9): 1116-1122.

BackgroundThis study sought to explore factors in adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) that predicted whether (i) someone was engaged in full-time paid work, and (ii) those engaged in paid work reported problems with absenteeism and/or presenteeism.MethodsAdults with cystic fibrosis who live in Western Australia completed absenteeism and presenteeism questions from the World Health Organization's Health Performance Questionnaire. The participants were grouped by work status (full time vs part time or unemployed) and by self-reported absenteeism and presenteeism (evidence of vs no evidence of). We explored whether factors such as air-flow obstruction, level of education, health-related quality of life (measured by using the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised), and treatment adherence predicted group membership.ResultsOf the 50 participants for whom data were available (median [interquartile range] age 30 [25-36] y; mean ± SD FEV1% predicted, 60 ± 18%); 34 (68%) worked full time. A higher education level increased the odds of working full time (odds ratio 1.74, 95% CI 1.36-1.89). Among the employed participants, problems with absenteeism and presenteeism were reported by 20 (47%) and 7 (16%), respectively. Both those who reported problems with absenteeism or presenteeism were characterized only by lower scores on the role domain of the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised (P = .02).ConclusionsIn this study, the majority of adults with cystic fibrosis worked full time and a low percentage of the sample reported problems with absenteeism and presenteeism.Copyright © 2019 by Daedalus Enterprises.

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