Impact of Behcet Disease on Work Productivity in a Sample of Iraqi Patients

A chronic, recurrent, inflammatory vasculopathy whose cause is unclear cause is Behçet's disease. The concept and outcome measure of work productivity have been characterized from a number of angles, including occupational and illness settings as well as personal and environmental contextualization. To assess how Behçet's illness affects patients' everyday activities and job productivity are affected. From January 2024 until January 2025, a case-control study was conducted in the Baghdad Teaching Hospital's Rheumatology Unit. Two groups made up the sample: the case group, which included 80 individuals with a diagnosis of Behçet's illness, and the control group, which included 80 people with good health. The selected patients and the control group were questioned to learn more about their sociodemographic, clinical, and illness-related activities. The Behçet patients had substantially greater mean values for absenteeism, presenteeism, as well as daily activity impairment than the control group (21.4 ± 33.2 vs 0), 52 ± 28.1 vs 12.0 ± 21.2, and 47.6 ± 28.1 vs 8.0 ± 14.7, respectively, having a p-value of 0.001 for each. There was a significant difference (P-value = 0.001) in the WAI levels between the study groups. While 81.3% of participants for the control group experienced a good WAI, more than 50% of individuals of the Behcet patient population reported a poor WAI. Compared to the control group, all WPS parameters were considerably greater for Behcet patients (P-value = 0.015 in question 2 & 0.001 for the remaining questions). Behçet's illness had a major effect on the patients' productivity at work.