title: Working ability of 76 patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
abstract: The working ability of 76 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) diagnosed between 1952 and 1959 was investigated. After 25 years of AS, 48% of the patients were still able to work at their original occupation and only 30% were unable to work at all. 17% of the patients had had to change their occupation and 5% had retired because of age. This finding does not differ from those reported in earlier studies.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation